Statistical MUNE: A comparison of two methods of setting recording windows in healthy subjects and ALS patients

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 118, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2605-2611

  Hong, Yoon Ho ^a   Sung, Jung Joon ^b   Park, Kyung Seok ^c   Kwon, Ohyun ^d   Min, Ju Hong ^e   Lee, Kwang Woo ^b  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^d Eulji General Hospital   (South Korea)

^e Chung Ang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

ALS; Recording window; Statistical MUNE

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOTOR UNIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 36549086153     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2007.05.073     Document Type: Article

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