Dissociated lower limb muscle involvement in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 262, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1424-1432

  Simon, Neil G ^a,b   Lee, Michael ^b   Bae, Jong Seok ^c   Mioshi, Eneida ^d   Lin, Cindy S Y ^e   Pfluger, Casey M ^f   Henderson, Robert D ^g   Vucic, Steve ^h   Swash, Michael ⁱ   Burke, David ^j   Kiernan, Matthew C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Hallym University   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^g ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^h University of Sydney   (Australia)

ⁱ ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Clinical phenotype; Disease spread; Pathophysiology

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES REFLEX; ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPOUND MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; LEG MUSCLE; LIMB WEAKNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTONEURON; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; LOWER LIMB; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR EVOKED POTENTIAL; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REFLEX; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REFLEX; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84931007190     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-015-7721-8     Document Type: Article

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