Muscle strength and fatigue in patients with generalized myasthenia gravis

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 362-369

  Symonette, Caitlin J ^b   Watson, Bradley V ^a   Koopman, Wilma J ^a   Nicolle, Michael W ^a   Doherty, Timothy J ^a  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Decrement; Fatigue; Myasthenia gravis; Quantitative; Repetitive nerve stimulation; Strength; Weakness

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; ACCESSORY NERVE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SHOULDER; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TORQUE;

EID: 77649096679     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21493     Document Type: Article

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