title: AAEM minimonograph #11: Needle examination in clinical electromyography.
abstract: The physiologic and histologic principles underlying clinical electromyographic studies are briefly reviewed as an introduction to the normal and abnormal findings in human subjects. Technical aspects of recordings as well as the specific types of discharges and their significance are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Daube
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials / Q000502:physiology; D004566:Electrodes; D004576:Electromyography / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D009046:Motor Neurons / Q000502:physiology; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000502:physiology*; D009132:Muscles / Q000502:physiology*; D009468:Neuromuscular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012016:Reference Values; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted