Silver J R, Lehr R P
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1981 Sep;44(9):837-41. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.44.9.837.
Local electromyographic activity has been demonstrated in the intercostal muscles of tetraplegic patients by using a combination of surface, fine-wire and intra-oesophageal diaphragmatic electrodes. This activity is first present and most evident in the lower chest, the point of maximum deformation in the tetraplegic's thorax. In patients with long standing injury the activity is present and prominent in the more superior intercostal muscles. We believe this activity to be reflex in character and that it develops and facilitates over time, so improving the ventilatory capacity of tetraplegics.
通过联合使用表面电极、细针电极和食管内膈肌电极，已证实四肢瘫痪患者的肋间肌存在局部肌电图活动。这种活动首先出现在下胸部，即四肢瘫痪患者胸部最大变形点，且最为明显。对于长期受伤的患者，这种活动出现在更靠上的肋间肌，且较为显著。我们认为这种活动具有反射性质，并且会随着时间发展并得到促进，从而提高四肢瘫痪患者的通气能力。
