Dissociation between mechanical and myoelectrical manifestation of muscle fatigue in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Other Motor Neuron Disorders

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 26-32

  Sanjak, Mohammed ^a,b   Konopacki, R ^b   Capasso, R ^a,b   Roelke, K A ^a   Peper, S M ^b   Houdek, A M ^b   Waclawik, A ^a,b,c   Brooks, B R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Fatigue; Force

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FAST MUSCLE FIBER; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MYOELECTRIC CONTROL; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANKLE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; EXERTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FIBERS;

EID: 2442630337     PISSN: 14660822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14660820310017551     Document Type: Article

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