MUNIX and incremental stimulation MUNE in ALS patients and control subjects

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 610-618

  Furtula, Jasna ^a   Johnsen, Birger ^a   Christensen, Peter Broegger ^a   Pugdahl, Kirsten ^a   Bisgaard, Carsten ^b   Christensen, Mette Kirstine ^c   Arentsen, Jens ^d   Frydenberg, Morten ^e   Fuglsang Frederiksen, Anders ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b LILLEBAELT HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d HOLSTEBRO HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Incremental stimulation; Motor unit number estimation; MUNIX; Surface recorded motor unit potentials; Test retest reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR UNIT; MOTOR UNIT NUMBER ESTIMATION; MOTOR UNIT NUMBER INDEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84873276450     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2012.08.023     Document Type: Article

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