Motor unit number estimates and quantitative muscle strength measurements of distal muscles in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 499-501

  Armon, Carmel ^a   Brandstater, Murray E ^a   Peterson, Gordon W ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; maximal voluntary isometric contraction; motor unit number estimate; Tuft's quantitative neuromuscular examination

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THENAR;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 0030975642     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199704)20:4<499::AID-MUS14>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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