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ArticleFrontiers in neurology2021

Application Value of the Motor Unit Number Index in Patients With Kennedy Disease.

Shuo Zhang, Xin Yang, Yingsheng Xu, Yongmei Luo, Dongsheng Fan, Xiaoxuan Liu

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Article in Frontiers in neurology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Shuo ZhangDepartment of Neurology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China.
Xin YangDepartment of Neurology, Changchun Central Hospital, Changchun, China.
Yingsheng XuDepartment of Neurology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China.
Yongmei LuoDepartment of Neurology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China.
Dongsheng FanDepartment of Neurology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China.
Xiaoxuan LiuDepartment of Neurology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China.
Peking University Third Hospital · CNPeking University · CNChangchun Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of the motor unit number index (MUNIX) technique in Kennedy disease (KD) and test the correlation between the MUNIX and other clinical parameters. The MUNIX values of the bilateral deltoid, abductor digiti minimi (ADM), quadriceps femoris (QF), and tibialis anterior (TA) were determined and compared with the course of the disease. The MUNIX sum score was calculated by adding the MUNIX values of these 8 muscles. Disability was evaluated using the spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy functional rating scale (SBMAFRS). The MUNIX scores of patients with KD were negatively correlated with the course of the disease (

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compound muscle action potentialKennedy's diseasemotor unit number indexmotor unit size indexMUNIX sum scorespinal and bulbar muscular atrophy functional rating scale

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PMID34992574
PMCPMC8724309
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