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Reducing intersubject variability in motor unit number estimation

✍ Scribed by Jeremy M. Shefner; Devanand Jillapalli; Deborah Y. Bradshaw

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1999
Tongue: English
Weight: 111 KB
Volume: 22
Category: Article
ISSN: 0148-639X
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4598(199910)22:10<1457::aid-mus18>3.0.co;2-t

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✦ Synopsis

Motor unit number estimation (MUNE) attempts to directly assess the number of functioning motor units present in a muscle. It is an important addition to the electrodiagnostic evaluation; however, both intrasubject and intersubject reliability must be minimized for this technique to be clinically useful. A number of MUNE techniques have been developed. We propose a change in the way of calculating the MUNE, using the statistical technique described by Daube, and show that this modification reduces intersubject variability and improves test-retest reliability in normal subjects.

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