Motor Unit Number Estimation (MUNE) as a quantitative measure of disease progression and motor unit reorganization in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 117, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1229-1236

  Sartucci, F ^a,b   Maritato, P ^a   Moscato, G ^a   Orlandi, G ^a   Calabrese, R ^a   Domenici, G L ^b   Murri, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis; Disease progression; MUNE

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTOR DIGITI MINIMI; ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR UNIT; MOTOR UNIT NUMBER ESTIMATION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; PATHOGENESIS; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLES;

EID: 34547199375     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: 15635279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207450600936304     Document Type: Article

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