Motor Unit Number Index (MUNIX): A novel neurophysiological marker for neuromuscular disorders; test-retest reliability in healthy volunteers

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 122, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1867-1872

  Neuwirth, Christoph ^a   Nandedkar, Sanjeev ^b   Stålberg, Erik ^c   Barkhaus, Paul E ^d   Carvalho, Mamede de ^e   Furtula, Jasna ^f   Dijk, Johannes P van ^g   Baldinger, Reto ^a   Castro, José ^e   Costa, João ^e   Otto, Marit ^f   Sandberg, Arne ^c   Weber, Markus ^a,h  

^a Neuromuscular Diseases Unit   (Switzerland)

^b CareFusion   (United States)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d CLEMENT J ZABLOCKI VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

^f AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^g RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

ALS; Marker of disease progression; MUNE; MUNIX; Surface EMG; Test retest reliability

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTOR DIGITI MINIMI MUSCLE; ABDUCTOR HALLUCIS MUSCLE; ABDUCTOR POLLICIS BREVIS MUSCLE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM BREVIS MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR UNIT NUMBER INDEX; MULTICENTER STUDY; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MYOGRAPHY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960894382     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2011.02.017     Document Type: Article

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