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Multi‐motor unit action potential analysis (MMA)
Author(s) -
Nandedkar Sanjeev D.,
Barkhaus Paul E.,
Charles Alison
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
muscle and nerve
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.025
H-Index - 145
eISSN - 1097-4598
pISSN - 0148-639X
DOI - 10.1002/mus.880181012
Subject(s) - motor unit , biceps , electromyography , compound muscle action potential , computer science , action (physics) , biceps brachii muscle , pattern recognition (psychology) , biomedical engineering , speech recognition , physical medicine and rehabilitation , artificial intelligence , electrophysiology , medicine , anatomy , physics , quantum mechanics
Abstract We have developed an algorithm, called multi–motor unit action potential analysis (MMA), to aid quantification in routine needle EMG examination. In only 5–8 min, it was possible to extract, analyze, and validate 20 motor unit action potentials (MUAPs). In the biceps muscle of normal subjects, the MUAP measurements are compared with measurements using manual, triggered averaging, automatic decomposition, and other MMA algorithms described in the literature. The mean values of MUAP features by MMA fell between the extreme limits obtained from the amplitude‐triggered method and the manual method described in the literature. In patients, the results are consistent with routine EMG and similar to those results described in the literature. Fast acquisition and analysis of MUAPs as well as interference pattern (IP) analysis make this technique useful to document EMG abnormalities in routine needle examination.© 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.