title: Quantitative motor unit potential analysis in routine.
abstract: This article is a review of the generation of the motor unit potential and modern techniques for its quantification. General comments are made on findings in neurogenic and myopathic conditions. Detailed examples are given from two pathological conditions, ALS and polymyositis. Quantitative parameters are presented and the usefulness of outliers compared to mean values is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Dept of Clinical Neurophysiology, Ondokuz Mayis University, Medical Faculty, Dept of Neurology, Samsun, Turkey. erik.stalberg@nc.uas.lul.se
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Stålberg
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Erdem
mesh_terms: D003955:Diagnostic Tests, Routine; D004576:Electromyography; D019054:Evoked Potentials, Motor / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D016472:Motor Neuron Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009046:Motor Neurons / Q000502:physiology*