EMG F-response

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Introduction

An electromyograph (EMG) technique measuring the time required for a stimulus to propagate antidromically up an alpha motor neuron to the spinal cord & return orthodromically down the same axon.

Clinical significance

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References

  1. Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 13th ed. Companion Handbook, Isselbacher et al (eds), McGraw-Hill Inc. NY, 1995, pg 694-95
  2. nlmpubs.nlm.nih.gov/hstat/ahcpr/