Motor unit number estimation (MUNE) and quantitative EMG selected presentations from the Second International Symposium on MUNE and QEMG, Snowbird, Utah, USA, 18-20 August 2006 / edited by M.B. Bromberg.

Portion of title Motor unit number estimation (MUNE and quantitative electromyography
SeriesSupplements to clinical neurophysiology, 1567-424X ; v. 60
Supplements to Clinical neurophysiology ; v. 60.
Contents Special MUNE lecture -- Motor unit number estimations (MUNEs): past, present, and future -- MUNE principles and methods -- Change in excitability of motor axons modifies statistical MUNE results -- Biological basis for motor unit number estimation through Bayesian statistical analysis of the stimulus-response curve -- Bayesian analysis of the stimulus-response curve -- Results of Bayesian statistical analysis in normal and ALS subjects -- CMAP scan -- Physiological considerations, harware and software requirements for stimulating single motor nerve fibers -- Improving the accuracy of the multiple point stimulation technique -- Incremental stimulation MUNE: automation with global path search and alternation pattern recognition -- Motor unit estimation with high-densit surface EMG: principles and implications -- Decomposition-enhanced spike triggered averaging MUNE: validity, reliability, and impact of contraction force -- MUNE clinical applications -- Motor unit number estimation in the upper trapezius muscle -- Statistical motor unit number estimation and ALS trials: the effect of motor unit instability -- Motor neuron disorders: novel electrophysiologic approach (MUFDEC protocol) -- Motor unit number estimation (MUNE) in diseases of the motor neuron: utility and comparative analysis in a multimodal biomarker study -- Motor unit number estimation in asymptomatic familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis -- Detection of pre-clinical motor unit loss in familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis -- Motor unit number estimates, quantitative motor unit analysis and clinical outcome measures in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis -- Reduction in the motor unit number estimate (MUNE) after cerebral infarction -- Prospective 15-year study of neuromuscular function in a cohort of patients with prior poliomyelitis -- Recent MUNE studies in animal models of motor neuron disease -- Development and use of the incremental twitch subtraction MUNE method in mice -- QEMG special lecture -- Issues and expectations for EMG decomposition -- QEMG approaches -- Challenges in computerized MUAP analysis -- Decision support for QEMG -- Optimizing and standardizing quantitative EMG -- QEMG algorithm comparison -- Comparison of three quantitative motor unit analysis algorithms -- QEMG applications -- Cloud interference pattern analysis (IPA) in thoracic paraspinal muscles in motor neuron disease -- Anal sphincter motor unit potential (MUP) differences between sides, between rest and voluntary contraction, and between MUP analysis programs in normal subjects.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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