Significant CMAP decrement by repetitive nerve stimulation is more frequent in median than ulnar nerves of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 426-428

  Yamashita, Satoshi ^a   Sakaguchi, Hideya ^a   Mori, Akira ^a   Kimura, En ^a   Maeda, Yasushi ^a   Hirano, Teruyuki ^a   Uchino, Makoto ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Decremental motor responses; Median nerve; Repetitive nerve stimulation; Ulnar nerve

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPOUND MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NERVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPETITIVE NERVE STIMULATION; THENAR; ULNAR NERVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BIOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULNAR NERVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857090614     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.22301     Document Type: Article

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