PMID- 16580693
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20060905
LR  - 20061115
IS  - 0022-4804 (Print)
IS  - 0022-4804 (Linking)
VI  - 134
IP  - 2
DP  - 2006 Aug
TI  - Non-invasive assessment of the gracilis muscle by means of surface 
      electromyography electrode arrays.
PG  - 265-9
AB  - PURPOSE: The purpose of the study was the non-invasive investigation of the 
      innervation zone (IZ) location of the gracilis muscle of both thighs by means of 
      surface electromyography (EMG). MATERIALS AND METHODS: Multichannel EMG signals 
      were detected by means of a flexible array of 16 equally spaced silver bar 
      electrodes. Tests were performed on both gracilis muscles on 15 subjects. Motor 
      unit (MU) action potentials were visually identified and extracted. The locations 
      of the IZs of the recognized MUs were statistically analyzed to find significant 
      differences between the subjects and between the right and left muscle of each 
      subject. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: A statistically significant difference was 
      found between the gracilis IZ position in the two sides, with more proximal IZs 
      on the left side. This difference suggests a possible role of surface EMG in 
      preoperative evaluation of patients prepared for the dynamic graciloplasty 
      procedure. This test would provide an objective criterion for the choice of the 
      gracilis muscle to be transposed with the highest probability of success.
FAU - Bottin, Andrea
AU  - Bottin A
AD  - Laboratory for Engineering of the Neuromuscular System (LISiN), Department of 
      Electronics, Politecnico di Torino, Italy.
FAU - Cescon, Corrado
AU  - Cescon C
FAU - Nowakowski, Michal
AU  - Nowakowski M
FAU - Herman, Roman Maria
AU  - Herman RM
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20060331
PL  - United States
TA  - J Surg Res
JT  - The Journal of surgical research
JID - 0376340
SB  - IM
MH  - Action Potentials
MH  - Adult
MH  - Electrodes
MH  - Electromyography/instrumentation/*methods
MH  - Fecal Incontinence/surgery
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Muscle Contraction/physiology
MH  - Muscle, Skeletal/*innervation
MH  - Neuromuscular Junction/physiology
MH  - Thigh
EDAT- 2006/04/04 09:00
MHDA- 2006/09/06 09:00
CRDT- 2006/04/04 09:00
PHST- 2005/07/29 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2006/01/25 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2006/02/06 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2006/04/04 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2006/09/06 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2006/04/04 09:00 [entrez]
AID - S0022-4804(06)00061-8 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.jss.2006.02.012 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Surg Res. 2006 Aug;134(2):265-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2006.02.012. Epub 2006 Mar 
      31.