The use of upper extremity anthropometrics in the clinical assessment of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 330-335

  Kasarskis, Edward J ^a   Berryman, Susan ^c   English, Tony ^a   Nyland, John ^a   Vanderleest, Jennifer G ^a   Schneider, Andrew ^a   Berger, Rolando ^b   McClain, Craig ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; anthropometrics; muscle atrophy; pulmonary function; skeletal muscle mass

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLES; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TORQUE;

EID: 0031035996     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199703)20:3<330::AID-MUS10>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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