Paraspinal muscles and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis - Getting to the core?

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 119, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1457-1458

  Kiernan, Matthew C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BACK MUSCLE; CONSENSUS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EDITORIAL; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MOTONEURON NUCLEUS; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE INNERVATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL NERVE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SPINE;

EID: 44949213708     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2008.03.013     Document Type: Editorial

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