Excellent interrater agreement for the differentiation of fasciculations and artefacts - A dynamic myosonography study

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 125, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2441-2445

  Krämer, Heidrun H ^a   Vlazak, Alexander ^a   Döring, Kathrin ^a   Tanislav, Christian ^a   Allendörfer, Jens ^b   Kaps, Manfred ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Asklepios Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fasciculations; High resolution myosonography; Interrater agreement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DYNAMIC MYOSONOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPH; ECHOGRAPHY; FASCICULATION; FEMALE; FOREARM FLEXOR; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REAL TIME ULTRASOUND SCANNER; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWALLOWING; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; VIDEORECORDING; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTIFACT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STANDARDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTIFACTS; FASCICULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VIDEO RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84927695125     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2014.04.009     Document Type: Article

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