TY - JOUR
AU - Rozin, Rafael
AB - Abstract The electrical activity of the anterior abdominal muscles was examined with the aid of electromyography (EMG). Fifty patients with suspected peritonitis and three healthy volunteers were observed. Forty-two of the patients underwent surgery and in 38 peritonitis was found. The pattern of electrical activity in patients with peritonitis was different from the normal in three stages of examination. Electrical activity was observed at rest and residual electrical activity was present after cough or pressure on the contralateral side of the abdomen. Results of EMG were normal in the patients when no peritonitis was found at operation, and in all where the abdominal signs were due to extraabdominal diseases. References 1. Licht S: Electrodiagnosis and Electromyography , ed 3. Baltimore, Waverly Press Inc, 1956, p 191. 2. Basmajian JV: Muscles Alive: Their Functions Revealed by Electromyography . Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins Co, 1967, p 265. 3. Moore SW: Physiological basis for diagnostic signs of an acute abdomen . Surg Clin of North Am 38:371-383, 1958. 4. Schamaun M: Electromyography to determine viability of injured small bowel segments: An experimental study with preliminary clinical observations . Surgery 62:899-909, 1967. 5. Treussard C: Clinical EEG and EMG correlations in the abdominal attack of the child . Electroencephalogr Clin Neurophysiol 29:103-104, 1970.
TI - Electromyography of Anterior Abdominal Muscles: During Diffuse and Localized Peritonitis
JF - Archives of Surgery
DO - 10.1001/archsurg.1973.01350140026009
DA - 1973-02-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/american-medical-association/electromyography-of-anterior-abdominal-muscles-during-diffuse-and-3za7hi0tnh
SP - 160
EP - 163
VL - 106
IS - 2
DP - DeepDyve
ER -