tracés de contraction appauvris

English translation: reduced number of motor unit potentials (contraction traces)

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French term or phrase:tracés de contraction appauvris
English translation:reduced number of motor unit potentials (contraction traces)
Entered by: joanna menda

01:13 Feb 13, 2024
French to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical (general) / electromyography
French term or phrase: tracés de contraction appauvris
Hi,
The exact sentence is "apparition d'activités spontannées de repos aux 4 membres avec tracés de contraction appauvris accélérés"
What do they mean by "appauvris" in this context?
Thanks
Joanna
joanna menda
Canada
Local time: 18:32
reduced number of motor unit potentials (contraction traces)
Explanation:

https://orbi.uliege.be/bitstream/2268/158546/1/Cours 3 EMG.p...
réduction du nombre de PUM -­‐>appauvrissement
PUM = potentiels d’unité motrice





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download the file and search for the term "appauvri"

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Note added at 10 hrs (2024-02-13 11:48:43 GMT)
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The file deals with electromyography, the technique used to record muscle contraction.

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https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/...
The motor unit consists of a single motor neuron and all the muscle fibers it innervates.

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Note added at 10 hrs (2024-02-13 11:56:08 GMT)
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It may be preferable to use the less specific term "contraction traces"
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Sue Davis
France
Local time: 00:32
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4 +1reduced number of motor unit potentials (contraction traces)
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reduced number of motor unit potentials (contraction traces)


Explanation:

https://orbi.uliege.be/bitstream/2268/158546/1/Cours 3 EMG.p...
réduction du nombre de PUM -­‐>appauvrissement
PUM = potentiels d’unité motrice





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Note added at 9 hrs (2024-02-13 10:36:04 GMT)
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download the file and search for the term "appauvri"

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Note added at 10 hrs (2024-02-13 11:48:43 GMT)
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The file deals with electromyography, the technique used to record muscle contraction.

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Note added at 10 hrs (2024-02-13 11:53:01 GMT)
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https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/...
The motor unit consists of a single motor neuron and all the muscle fibers it innervates.

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Note added at 10 hrs (2024-02-13 11:56:08 GMT)
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It may be preferable to use the less specific term "contraction traces"

Sue Davis
France
Local time: 00:32
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 880
Grading comment
Thanks!
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks Sue! Would this be the same as "reduced recruitment pattern"?https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/essential-electromyography/electromyography-emg/8A54027D12AFD38DDAFEA1AFFB35F69F


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard: You could leave out 'number of'.
4 hrs
  -> looking at my reference, it does actually indicate fewer instances of traces. Simply "reduced" could suggest reduced amplitude of the traces rather than fewer numbers.
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