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ArticleJournal of neurology2012

Techniques and applications of EMG: measuring motor units from structure to function.

Rachel C Thornton, Andrew W Michell

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Article in Journal of neurology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 25% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Rachel C ThorntonDepartment of Clinical Neuroscience, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, UK. rachelcthornton77@gmail.com
Andrew W Michell
Addenbrooke's Hospital · GBCambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · GB

Funding

Research Infrastructure for the Hopkins Population CenterR24HD042854 · NICHD · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI HAO, LINGXIN · 2003 to 2017
$5.1M
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Needle electromyography (EMG) is an established method of evaluating motor unit and muscle fibre function and pathology in clinical practice, while the development of advanced techniques including single-fibre EMG and combined recordings with other modalities have become increasingly useful in research. The development of quantitative EMG in particular had led to greater reproducibility and inter-rater reliability. This review provides an overview of standard needle EMG as well as discussing advanced recording and analysis techniques and their increasing role in clinical research.

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ElectromyographyHumansMotor NeuronsMuscle, SkeletalMuscular DiseasesNeedles

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PMID22274786
OpenAlexW2137465228

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