Motor unit changes in thoracic paraspinal muscles in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 83-86

  De Carvalho, Mamede ^a   Pinto, Susana ^b   Swash, Michael ^b,c  

^a HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR JOÃO LOBO ANTUNES   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Cervical paraspinal muscles; Electromyography; Motor units; Thoracic paraspinal muscles

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FASCICULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 60549087177     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21202     Document Type: Article

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