Fibrillation

Fibrillation

Fibrillation was previously synonymous with fasciculation, but the term is now reserved for the spontaneous contraction of a single muscle fibre, or a group of fibers smaller than a motor unit, hence this is more appropriately regarded as an electrophysiological sign without clinical correlate.

 

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Fasciculation

 

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