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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Arq Neuropsiquiatr 2021; 79(01): 81-83
DOI: 10.1590/0004-282X20200113
HISTORICAL NOTES

Denny-Brown and Pennybacker: 80 years after their pioneering article on electromyography, fibrillation and fasciculation

Denny-Brown e Pennybacker: 80 anos da publicação de seu artigo pioneiro sobre eletromiografia, fibrilação e fasciculação

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  • Otto Jesus HERNANDEZ FUSTES 

    1   Universidade Federal do Paraná, Hospital de Clínicas, Departamento de Clínica Médica, Serviço de Neurologia, Serviço de Doenças Neuromusculares, Curitiba PR, Brazil.

  • Cláudia Suemi Kamoi KAY 

    1   Universidade Federal do Paraná, Hospital de Clínicas, Departamento de Clínica Médica, Serviço de Neurologia, Serviço de Doenças Neuromusculares, Curitiba PR, Brazil.

  • Paulo José LORENZONI 

    1   Universidade Federal do Paraná, Hospital de Clínicas, Departamento de Clínica Médica, Serviço de Neurologia, Serviço de Doenças Neuromusculares, Curitiba PR, Brazil.

  • Renata Dal-Prá DUCCI 

    1   Universidade Federal do Paraná, Hospital de Clínicas, Departamento de Clínica Médica, Serviço de Neurologia, Serviço de Doenças Neuromusculares, Curitiba PR, Brazil.

  • Lineu Cesar WERNECK 

    1   Universidade Federal do Paraná, Hospital de Clínicas, Departamento de Clínica Médica, Serviço de Neurologia, Serviço de Doenças Neuromusculares, Curitiba PR, Brazil.

  • Rosana Herminia SCOLA 

    1   Universidade Federal do Paraná, Hospital de Clínicas, Departamento de Clínica Médica, Serviço de Neurologia, Serviço de Doenças Neuromusculares, Curitiba PR, Brazil.
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ABSTRACT

We present a historical review, highlighting the role of Professor Derek Denny-Brown and doctor Joseph Buford Pennybacker in the development of current electromyography (EMG), of the 80 years since the publication of his original report in 1938 on fasciculation and fibrillation potentials and the subsequent studies describing most of the electrical changes necessary to perform and interpret the EMG.

RESUMO

Os autores apresentam uma revisão histórica destacando o papel do Professor Derek Denny-Brown e do doutor Joseph Buford Pennybacker no desenvolvimento da eletromiografia atual, ao longo dos oitenta anos de seu artigo original em 1938, sobre potenciais de fasciculação e fibrilação, e os estudos subsequentes que descreveram a maioria das mudanças elétricas necessárias para realizar e interpretar EMG.

Keywords:

Electromyography - Neuromuscular Diseases

Palavras-chave:

Eletromiografia - Doenças Neuromusculares

Authors’ contribution:

Hernandez Fustes OJ: conceptualization, data curation, investigation, methodology, formal analysis, project administration, roles/writing - original draft. Kay CSK: conceptualization, data curation, formal analysis, investigation, methodology, validation, visualization, project administration, roles/writing. Lorenzoni PJ: conceptualization, data curation, formal analysis, investigation, methodology, roles/writing. Ducci RDP: conceptualization, data curation, formal analysis, investigation, methodology, roles/writing. Werneck LC: conceptualization, validation, visualization, supervision, writing - review & edit. Scola RH: conceptualization, validation, visualization, formal analysis, project administration, supervision, writing - review & edit.




Publikationsverlauf

Eingereicht: 12. April 2020

Angenommen: 10. Juli 2020

Artikel online veröffentlicht:
01. Juni 2023

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