F wave study in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: Assessment of balance between upper and lower motor neuron involvement

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1260-1265

  Argyriou, Andreas A ^a   Polychronopoulos, Panagiotis ^a   Talelli, Penelope ^a   Chroni, Elisabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

ALS; F waves; Lower motor neuron; Nerve conduction; Upper motor neuron

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOTOR NERVE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SENSORY NERVE; ULNAR NERVE;

AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, NEUROLOGICAL; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; REACTION TIME; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 33744759574     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2006.03.002     Document Type: Article

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