Needle electromyography of the rectus abdominis in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 383-385

  Xu, Yingsheng ^a   Zheng, Juyang ^a   Zhang, Shuo ^a   Kang, Dexuan ^a   Zhang, Jun ^a   Fan, Dongsheng ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY THIRD HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

ALS; Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Electromyography; Rectus abdominis; Thoracic region

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DYSPNEA; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE DENERVATION; NEEDLE; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; REFLEX RECRUITMENT; SYMPTOM; THORAX; WAVEFORM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECTUS ABDOMINIS; REFERENCE VALUES; SPINAL NERVES;

EID: 33847664655     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.20659     Document Type: Article

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