Motor control of the diaphragm in multiple sclerosis

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 654-656

  Garland, S Jayne ^a   Lavoie, Barbara A ^b   Brown, William F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

electromyography; multiple sclerosis; phrenic nerve; respiratory function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION;

ADULT; DIAPHRAGM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; REFERENCE VALUES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY MUSCLES;

EID: 0029874244     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199605)19:5<654::AID-MUS15>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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