Journal article
Chapter 10 Motor unit estimates in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Abstract
Publisher There has been increasing interest in the application of motor unit number estimation (MUNE) methodology to the diagnosis and quantitative assessment of muscle denervation and of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), in particular. MUNE is ideally suited to the study of ALS for a number of reasons. The methodology measures directly the primary effect of the disease process, the loss of motor units, and functioning motoneurons. Further, …
Authors
Galea V; Dantes M; DeBruin H; McComas AJ
Journal
Supplements to Clinical Neurophysiology, Vol. 54, , pp. 79–85
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
2002
DOI
10.1016/s1567-424x(09)70430-1
ISSN
1567-424X