Changes in muscle fiber density following a stroke

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 120, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1539-1542

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

^a Health Center   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^c DANISH EPILEPSY CENTRE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Fiber density; Motor unit; Single fiber EMG; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE REINNERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE FIBER ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; STROKE; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 68249090061     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2009.06.001     Document Type: Article

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