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Here, we describe a further MUH phenomenon.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Needle EMG recordings of the Neurology Hospital of Halle (Saale) stored in a video mode as .wav data between 2000 and 2015 were screened for spontaneous continuous motor unit single discharges (SCMUSD).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>We identified 23 video needle EMG waveforms from 14 patients with SCMUSD. The corresponding motor units discharged at a rate of about 6 H\u2009Z (6.3\u2009\u00b1\u20094.0; range, 1.3\u201018.1). The coefficient of variation of the discharge rate was 3.5%\u2009\u00b1\u20091.7%. 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