Large motor units are selectively affected following a stroke

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 119, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2555-2558

  Lukacs M ^a,b   Vecsei L ^b   Beniczky, S ^b,c  

^a Miskolc Health Center ^*  (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^c DANISH EPILEPSY CENTRE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Macro EMG; Motor unit; Recruitment threshold; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE;

EID: 54149108578     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2008.08.005     Document Type: Article

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