Quantitative thermal sensory testing in patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis using Reaction Time Exclusive Method of Levels (MLE)

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 145-148

  Joshi, Deepika ^a,b   Manvir, B ^a   Sumit, S ^a   Vinay, G ^a   Trilochan, S ^a   Garima, S ^a   Padma, M V ^a   Madhuri, B ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Method of levels; Motor neuron disease; Motor neuron disease and sensory abnormalities; Quantitative sensory testing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLD SENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAT SENSATION; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REACTION TIME; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY ANALYSIS; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SENSORY SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLD; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; REACTION TIME; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TEMPERATURE SENSE;

EID: 33746159277     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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