RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The bimodal jitter: a single fibre electromyographic finding
JF Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
JO J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 403
OP 411
DO 10.1136/jnnp.37.4.403
VO 37
IS 4
A1 Barbara Thiele
A1 Erik Stålberg
YR 1974
UL http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/37/4/403.abstract
AB The jitter, obtained by SFEMG recordings, mainly reflects the neuromuscular transmission time variability and is usually Gaussian distributed. Here is reported the bimodal distribution of the interpotential intervals, the flip-flop phenomenon. Long flip-flop in cases of reinnervation may indicate alternatively continuous and saltatory nerve conduction. Short flip-flop in normal subjects may be due to muscle fibre interaction or nerve conduction irregularities.