The reorganization of motor units in motor neuron disease

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 306-315

  Emeryk Szajewska, Barbara ^a   Kopeć, Jerzy ^a   Karwanska, Anna ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; concentric needle electromyography; motor neuron disease; recruitment order; reinnervation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE INNERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE REGENERATION; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0031027767     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199703)20:3<306::AID-MUS7>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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