Taber's Medical Dictionary
1tapping
(tap′ing )
[ ¹tap ]
SEE: Percussion (3).
muscle tapping
Tapping the skin over the belly of a muscle to recruit more motor units and facilitate contraction. It is usually performed manually over muscles weakened from neurological injury.
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "1tapping." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/773052/all/1tapping.
1tapping. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/773052/all/1tapping. Accessed April 15, 2025.
1tapping. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/773052/all/1tapping
1tapping [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2025 April 15]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/773052/all/1tapping.
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