Multipoint incremental motor unit number estimation as an outcome measure in ALS

Neurology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 235-241

  Shefner, J M ^a   Watson, M L ^a   Simionescu, L ^a   Caress, J B ^b   Burns, T M ^c   Maragakis, N J ^d   Benatar, M ^e   David, W S ^f   Sharma, K R ^g   Rutkove, S B ^h  

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

^b WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^h BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; COMPOUND MOTOR UNIT ACTION POTENTIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR UNIT; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MULTIPOINT INCREMENTAL MOTOR UNIT NUMBER ESTIMATION; NERVE STIMULATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 80051513726     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e318225aabf     Document Type: Article

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