Changes in motor unit numbers in patients with ALS: A longitudinal study using the adapted multiple point stimulation method

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Other Motor Neuron Disorders

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 31-38

  Wang, F C ^a   Bouquiaux, O ^a   De Pasqua, V ^a   Delwaide, P J ^a  

^a CHU SART TILMAN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

ALS; Motor unit; MUNE

Indexed keywords

RILUZOLE;

ADAPTED MULTIPLE POINT STIMULATION; ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CELL LOSS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR UNIT; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE EXCITATION; NERVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; STUDENT T TEST; THENAR; ACTION POTENTIAL; ELECTROSTIMULATION; INNERVATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOTONEURON; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STATISTICS; THUMB; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; THUMB; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0035991326     PISSN: 14660822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/146608202317576516     Document Type: Article

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