Motor responses of the sternocleidomasto
โ
Susana Pinto; Mamede de Carvalho
๐
Article
๐
2008
๐
John Wiley and Sons
๐
English
โ 100 KB
## Abstract The sternocleidomastoid muscle (SCM) is an accessory inspiratory muscle, but it is not investigated systematically in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). We aimed to study the involvement of the SCM and to evaluate the role of the diaphragm and SCM on respiratory tests pe