Fasciculations and their F-response revisited: High-density surface EMG in ALS and benign fasciculations

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 399-405

  Kleine, Bert U ^a   Boekestein, Werner A ^b   Arts, Ilse M P ^a   Zwarts, Machiel J ^c   Jurgen Schelhaas, H ^a   Stegeman, Dick F ^a,d  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MEDISCH SPECTRUM TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c EPILEPSY CENTER KEMPENHAEGHE   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Axonal excitability; Benign fasciculations; F wave fasciculation potential; High density surface EMG

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FASCICULATION; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HIGH DENSITY SURFACE ELECTROMYOGRAM; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FASCICULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84855540150     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2011.06.032     Document Type: Article

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