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Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics

Rest Activity



- See: EMG Menu:

- Discussion:
    - normally there is no activity at resting muscle;
    - denervated muscle fibers become spontaneously active, producing fibrillation potentials &
            positive sharp waves approx 10-20 days after nerve injury;
    - this test assists in differentiating neuropathic muscle atrophy from myopathic atrophy;






Original Text by Clifford R. Wheeless, III, MD.