Optimizing electrical impedance myography measurements by using a multifrequency ratio: A study in Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 202-208

  Schwartz, Stefan ^a   Geisbush, Tom R ^a   Mijailovic, Aleksandar ^a   Pasternak, Amy ^b   Darras, Basil T ^b   Rutkove, Seward B ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Duchenne muscular dystrophy; Electrical impedance myography; Functional measures; Optimization; Subcutaneous fat

Indexed keywords

6 MINUTE WALK TEST; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE MYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE THICKNESS; MYOGRAPHY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NONHUMAN; RAT; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; ANIMAL; EXERCISE TEST; IMPEDANCE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PIG; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STANDARDS;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; MYOGRAPHY; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RATS; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; SWINE;

EID: 84917670980     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2014.05.007     Document Type: Article

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