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Effect of electrode dimensions on motor unit potentials. 1999

N A Dimitrova, and G V Dimitrov, and V N Chikhman
Centre of Biomedical Engineering, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia. ngdim@iph.bio.bas.bg

Different effects of longitudinal and transversal electrode dimensions on nerve or muscle single fibre action potentials detected monopolarly, were reported in the literature. The results were contradictory. We studied motor unit potentials (MUPs) detected at a large distance (typical of surface recording) on the basis of a mathematical model without source simplification. The MUPs were calculated as a single convolution of the first temporal derivative of a realistic intracellular action potential and MU impulse response. The spatial averaging of the MUPs by rectangular plate electrodes was performed through analytical integration of the MU impulse response over the electrode area. The effects of longitudinal dimension of the electrode were stronger than those of a transversal one. The effects were distance dependent. The longitudinal dimension of the electrode influenced the main phases (that reflected the excitation origin and propagation) more than the terminal phases (that reflected the excitation extinction at the muscle fibers' ends). This was due to differences in the character of the potential fields (quadrupole or dipole) during generation of individual MUP phases. It was shown that the relative weight of the individual MUP phases could be stressed or suppressed by a proper choice of electrode dimensions, position and orientation.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D009046 Motor Neurons Neurons which activate MUSCLE CELLS. Neurons, Motor,Alpha Motorneurons,Motoneurons,Motor Neurons, Alpha,Neurons, Alpha Motor,Alpha Motor Neuron,Alpha Motor Neurons,Alpha Motorneuron,Motoneuron,Motor Neuron,Motor Neuron, Alpha,Motorneuron, Alpha,Motorneurons, Alpha,Neuron, Alpha Motor,Neuron, Motor
D004566 Electrodes Electric conductors through which electric currents enter or leave a medium, whether it be an electrolytic solution, solid, molten mass, gas, or vacuum. Anode,Anode Materials,Cathode,Cathode Materials,Anode Material,Anodes,Cathode Material,Cathodes,Electrode,Material, Anode,Material, Cathode
D004576 Electromyography Recording of the changes in electric potential of muscle by means of surface or needle electrodes. Electromyogram,Surface Electromyography,Electromyograms,Electromyographies,Electromyographies, Surface,Electromyography, Surface,Surface Electromyographies
D004867 Equipment Design Methods and patterns of fabricating machines and related hardware. Design, Equipment,Device Design,Medical Device Design,Design, Medical Device,Designs, Medical Device,Device Design, Medical,Device Designs, Medical,Medical Device Designs,Design, Device,Designs, Device,Designs, Equipment,Device Designs,Equipment Designs
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000200 Action Potentials Abrupt changes in the membrane potential that sweep along the CELL MEMBRANE of excitable cells in response to excitation stimuli. Spike Potentials,Nerve Impulses,Action Potential,Impulse, Nerve,Impulses, Nerve,Nerve Impulse,Potential, Action,Potential, Spike,Potentials, Action,Potentials, Spike,Spike Potential
D013499 Surface Properties Characteristics or attributes of the outer boundaries of objects, including molecules. Properties, Surface,Property, Surface,Surface Property
D013997 Time Factors Elements of limited time intervals, contributing to particular results or situations. Time Series,Factor, Time,Time Factor
D018485 Muscle Fibers, Skeletal Large, multinucleate single cells, either cylindrical or prismatic in shape, that form the basic unit of SKELETAL MUSCLE. They consist of MYOFIBRILS enclosed within and attached to the SARCOLEMMA. They are derived from the fusion of skeletal myoblasts (MYOBLASTS, SKELETAL) into a syncytium, followed by differentiation. Myocytes, Skeletal,Myotubes,Skeletal Myocytes,Skeletal Muscle Fibers,Fiber, Skeletal Muscle,Fibers, Skeletal Muscle,Muscle Fiber, Skeletal,Myocyte, Skeletal,Myotube,Skeletal Muscle Fiber,Skeletal Myocyte

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