Quantitative assessment of motor fatigue and strength in MS

Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 743-750

  Schwid, Steven R ^a   Thornton, C A ^a   Pandya, S ^a   Manzur, K L ^a   Sanjak, M ^b   Petrie, M D ^a   McDermott, M P ^a   Goodman, A D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Motor dysfunction; MS; Myometry; Strength; Weakness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033547003     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.53.4.743     Document Type: Article

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