Functional significance of upper and lower motor neuron impairment in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 762-768

  Kent Braun, Jane A ^a,b   Walker, Christie H ^a,b   Weiner, Michael W ^a,b   Miller, Robert G ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Activation; Clinical trials; Electromyography; Fatigue; Strength

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MOTONEURON; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION;

EID: 0031839675     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199806)21:6<762::AID-MUS8>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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