Motor Unit Number Estimation (MUNE): Proceedings of the First International Symposium on MUNE

Content: 
Preface
Page v

Dedication
Page vii

Introduction
Page ix

Remembrance
Pages xiii-xiv

List of Contributors
Pages xv-xvi

Review of MUNE over 30 years Review Article
Pages 1-14
Roberto Sica, Alan McComas

Axon excitability in motor unit number estimation Review Article
Pages 15-21
Timothy J. Doherty, Daniel W. Stashuk, William F. Brown

Issues in motor unit number estimation Review Article
Pages 22-28
Michael P. Slawnych

Multiple point stimulation and F-response MUNE techniques Review Article
Pages 29-40
Timothy J. Doherty, Daniel W. Stashuk, William F. Brown

Adapted multiple point stimulation MUNE technique Review Article
Pages 41-45
F.C. Wang, O. Bouquiaux, V. De Pasqua, A. Maertens de Noordhout, P.J. Delwaide

MUNE by intraneural microstimulation and the effects of averaging of unitary muscle action potentials Review Article
Pages 46-50
Keisuke Arasaki

MUNE by statistical analysis Review Article
Pages 51-71
Jasper R Daube

Multiple point stimulation MUNE with integrated single motor unit tracking Review Article
Pages 72-76
Clifton L. Gooch, Petra Kaufmann

Statistical MUNE in larger muscles Review Article
Pages 77-82
Clifton L. Gooch, Werner Trojaborg

Comparison of statistical and multiple point stimulation MUNE techniques Review Article
Pages 83-96
Catherine Lomen-Hoerth, Richard K. Olney

Spike triggered averaging MUNE technique Review Article
Pages 97-107
Mark B. Bromberg

MUNE using decomposition-enhanced spike-triggered averaging Review Article
Pages 108-121
Daniel W. Stashuk, Timothy J. Doherty, William F. Brown

Rectified integrated EMG and MUNE Review Article
Pages 122-132
Jack H. Petajan

Motor unit number index (MUNIX): a pilot study Review Article
Pages 133-143
Sanjeev D Nandedkar, Desh S Nandedkar, Paul E Barkhaus, Erik V Stålberg

Establishing normal MUNE values Review Article
Pages 145-154
Victoria H. Lawson

Are motor and sensory responses and MUNE values inherited traits? Review Article
Pages 155-157
Catherine Lomen-Hoerth, Richard K Olney

MUNE measurement of age-related changes Review Article
Pages 158-164
Timothy J. Doherty, Daniel W. Stashuk, William F. Brown

MUNE in ALS: natural history and implications Review Article
Pages 165-176
John Turnbull, Joan Martin, Jane Butler, Victoria Galea, Alan McComas

Using MUNE to make linear estimates of rate of progression in ALS Review Article
Pages 177-183
Carmel Armon

MUNE in spinal muscular atrophy Review Article
Pages 184-189
Kathryn J. Swoboda, Mark B. Bromberg

MUNE in prior poliomyelitis and spinal muscular atrophy Review Article
Pages 190-197
Darcy Fehlings, Victoria Galea, Robert Griggs, Susan Kirsch, Alan McComas, Caroline Quartly

A longitudinal analysis of MUNE in subjects with a prior paralytic poliomyelitis Review Article
Pages 198-201
E.J. Sorenson, J.R. Daube, A.J. Windebank

MUNE in Charcot–Marie–Tooth neuropathies Review Article
Pages 202-213
Richard A. Lewis, Jun Li, Michael E. Shy, Karen Krajewski

Relationships between motor unit activation and muscle force generation Review Article
Pages 215-228
R.A. Conwit, D.W. Stashuk, E.J. Metter

Longitudinal tracking of contractile properties of human motor units by the multiple point stimulation technique Review Article
Pages 229-244
K. Ming Chan, William F. Brown

Longitudinal tracking of single motor units: techniques and applications Review Article
Pages 245-252
Clifton L Gooch

Correlations between MUNE obtained by the intraneural microstimulation technique and the Appel clinical rating scale Review Article
Pages 253-257
Keisuke Arasaki

Relationships between MUNE and muscle strength Review Article
Pages 258-263
A. Gordon Smith, Victoria Lawson

MUNE in the electrodiagnostic clinic Review Article
Pages 265-274
Adrian R.M. Upton, Alan J. McComas

MUNE in clinical EMG practice Review Article
Pages 275-277
Benn E. Smith

The use of statistical MUNE in ALS to predict prognosis Review Article
Pages 279-283
Richard K. Olney

MUNE in an ALS treatment trial Review Article
Pages 283-291
Jeremy M. Shefner

Multiple point stimulation MUNE with single motor unit tracking in a therapeutic ALS trial Review Article
Pages 284-285
Clifton L. Gooch, Petra Kaufmann, Yadollah Harati

Increasing muscle sampling to improve MUNE power in the clinical trial setting Review Article
Pages 292-297
E.J. Sorenson, J.R. Daube, A.J. Windebank

MUNE studies in mouse models of motor neuron disease Review Article
Pages 299-307
Jeremy M. Shefner

MUNE by intraneural microstimulation: animal studies Review Article
Pages 308-313
Keisuke Arasaki

Software issues in MUNE Review Article
Pages 315-319
Mark B. Bromberg

Product program development in industry Review Article
Pages 320-323
John Leedham

MUNE as an endpoint in clinical trials Review Article
Pages 324-332
Wilson W. Bryan

Consensus Review Article
Pages 333-338
Mark B. Bromberg

Issues for the future Review Article
Pages 339-340
Mark B. Bromberg

Subject index
Pages 341-342