Frequencies of nEMG abnormality patterns in paired muscles among 14 patients with a non-contiguous (skipping) pattern
| (A) The patterns in the paraspinal muscle pairs | ||||
| FDI (C8) | + | + | + | + |
| T10PS | − | + | + | − |
| L5PS | − | − | + | + |
| Number of patients | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| (B) The patterns in the thigh muscle pairs | ||||
| FDI (C8) | + | + | + | + |
| VM (L3/4) | − | + | + | − |
| BF (S1) | − | − | + | + |
| Number of patients | 9 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
+, abnormal spontaneous EMG activities present; −, abnormal spontaneous activities absent; BF, biceps femoris; FDI, first dorsal interosseous; T10PS, T10 paraspinalis; L5PS, L5 paraspinalis; VM, vastus medialis.