Single motor unit variability with threshold stimulation in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and normal subjects

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 578-584

  Jillapalli, Devanand ^a   Shefner, Jeremy M ^a  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Motor unit instability; Motor unit number estimation; Motor unit variability; Single motor units; Statistical MUNE; Threshold motor units

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR UNIT; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE EXCITATION; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 7444244385     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.20147     Document Type: Article

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