Giant repeater F-wave in patients with anterior horn cell disorders: Role of motor unit size

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 281-287

  Ibrahim, Ibrahim K ^a   El Abd, Mohamed A R ^a  

^a ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis; Anterior Horn Cell; Axonal Branching; F Wave; Motor Unit

Indexed keywords

BIOELECTRIC POTENTIALS; CELLS; MUSCLE; PATIENT REHABILITATION;

ANTERIOR HORN CELLS; MOTOR UNIT ACTION POTENTIALS (MUAP);

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANTERIOR HORN CELL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOOT; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; MONOSYNAPTIC REFLEX; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MOTOR UNIT; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; POLIOMYELITIS; POSTPOLIOMYELITIS SYNDROME; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; WAVEFORM;

AGED; ANTERIOR HORN CELLS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFLEX, MONOSYNAPTIC; SPINAL CORD DISEASES;

EID: 0031194221     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002060-199707000-00006     Document Type: Article

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