Motor responses of the sternocleidomastoid muscle in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1312-1317

  Pinto, Susana ^a   De Carvalho, Mamede ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Accessory nerve; Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Motor response; Respiratory insufficiency; Sternocleidomastoid muscle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; DIAPHRAGM; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; NECK MUSCLES; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY MUSCLES; RESPIRATORY PARALYSIS; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 53549124415     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21109     Document Type: Article

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