Number and relative size of thenar motor units in ALS patients: Application of the adapted multiple point stimulation method

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology - Electromyography and Motor Control

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 36-43

  Wang, F C ^a   Delwaide, P J ^a  

^a B   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Adapted multiple point stimulation method (AMPS); Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS); Motor unit number estimate (MUNE); Surface recorded motor unit action potential (S MUAP)

Indexed keywords

RILUZOLE;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DENERVATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE EXCITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THENAR;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0031951455     PISSN: 0924980X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-980X(97)00071-4     Document Type: Article

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