Assessing neuromuscular disease with multifrequency electrical impedance myography

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 595-602

  Esper, Gregory J ^a   Shiffman, Carl A ^b   Aaron, Ronald ^b   Lee, Kyungmouk S ^a   Rutkove, Seward B ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Electrical impedance; Electrical impedance myography; Muscle; Myositis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE MYOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MYOSITIS; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOSITIS; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 33750572209     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.20626     Document Type: Article

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