Added sampling improves reproducibility of multipoint motor unit estimates

Muscle Nerve. 2010 Jan;41(1):114-6. doi: 10.1002/mus.21500.

Abstract

Motor unit number estimation (MUNE) has been used to track motor unit attrition. Studies have used the modified multiple-point stimulation (MPS) technique, collecting three surface motor unit action potentials (sMUAPs) from 3 sites to calculate MUNE. Factoring additional sMUAPs should theoretically improve reproducibility, but the optimal number has not been defined. We evaluated the effect of increased sMUAP sampling on test-retest reproducibility of the modified MPS MUNE technique and found that MUNE reproducibility increased with additional sampling. Muscle Nerve, 2010.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Electric Stimulation
  • Electromyography / methods*
  • Evoked Potentials, Motor / physiology
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Motor Neurons / physiology*
  • Muscle, Skeletal / innervation*
  • Muscle, Skeletal / physiopathology
  • Reference Values
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Ulnar Neuropathies / diagnosis*
  • Ulnar Neuropathies / physiopathology