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Origin of surface motor unit potentials in hypothenar motor unit number estimation

Yasuomi Kawamura1, Masahiro Sonoo, Mana Higashihara

  • 1Department of Neurology, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Kaga 2-11-1, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 1738605, Japan.

Muscle & Nerve
|February 6, 2013
PubMed
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Keywords:
abductor digiti minimi muscleinterosseous muscleslumbrical musclesmotor unit number estimationulnar nerve

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