Characterizing spinal muscular atrophy with electrical impedance myography

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 915-921

  Rutkove, Seward B ^a   Shefner, Jeremy M ^b   Gregas, Matt ^c   Butler, Hailly ^c   Caracciolo, Jayson ^c   Lin, Connie ^a   Fogerson, Patricia M ^a   Mongiovi, Phillip ^a   Darras, Basil T ^c  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrical impedance; Outcome measure; Spinal muscular atrophy; Strength; Subcutaneous fat

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYNAMOMETRY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; ULTRASOUND;

ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY, SPINAL; MYOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 78649679487     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21784     Document Type: Article

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