Electrical impedance myography correlates with standard measures of ALS severity

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 441-443

  Rutkove, Seward B ^a   Caress, James B ^b   Cartwright, Michael S ^b   Burns, Ted M ^c   Warder, Judy ^c   David, William S ^d   Goyal, Namita ^d   Maragakis, Nicholas J ^e   Benatar, Michael ^f   Sharma, Khema R ^f   Narayanaswami, Pushpa ^a   Raynor, Elizabeth M ^a   Watson, Mary Lou ^g   Shefner, Jeremy M ^g  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

ALSFRS R; Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Biomarkers; Electrical impedance myography; Handheld dynamometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALS FUNCTIONAL RATING SCALE REVISED SCORE; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARM; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYNAMOMETRY; ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE MYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MYOGRAPHY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NEUROLOGICAL DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALSFRS-R; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BIOMARKERS; ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE MYOGRAPHY; HANDHELD DYNAMOMETRY;

AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOGRAPHY;

EID: 84893974591     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.24128     Document Type: Article

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