Early struggles with single-fiber electromyography.
The development of single-fiber electromyography is described. This method, introduced in 1963, was met with doubts, and there were strong arguments that subunits, 10-30 synchronized muscle fibers, were in fact being recorded. The dispute ended in 1971, and single-fiber electromyography is now generally accepted.
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