Human Rectosigmoid Electromyography: A New Approach and Some Pitfalls
A method has been developed to record directly myoelectrical activity from the smooth muscle of the colon of intact subjects using pairs of intramuscular wires. Discrete bursts of myoelectrical activity occurred at 4–20 per min. A small interelectrode distance in this method allows contamination of...
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Published in | Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine Vol. 82; no. 2; pp. 88 - 90 |
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Main Authors | , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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England
SAGE Publications
01.02.1989
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Summary: | A method has been developed to record directly myoelectrical activity from the smooth muscle of the colon of intact subjects using pairs of intramuscular wires. Discrete bursts of myoelectrical activity occurred at 4–20 per min. A small interelectrode distance in this method allows contamination of colonic myoelectrical activity by the electromyogram of skeletal muscle to be excluded. This artefact has not been considered in previous recordings of ‘colonic’ activity. |
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ISSN: | 0141-0768 1758-1095 |
DOI: | 10.1177/014107688908200211 |