4 results match your criteria: "Royal London Hospital and Barts and the London School of Medicine[Affiliation]"

Timing initiation of non-invasive ventilation in management of ALS.

J Neurol Sci

April 2024

Department of Neurology, Royal London Hospital and Barts and the London School of Medicine, QMUL, London, UK; Institute of Neuroscience, University of Lisbon, Portugal. Electronic address:

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Motor unit recruitment in myopathy: The myopathic EMG reconsidered.

J Electromyogr Kinesiol

April 2019

Instituto de Medicina Molecular and Institute of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, Portugal; Department of Neurology, Royal London Hospital and Barts and the London School of Medicine, QMUL, London, UK.

Motor unit recruitment is abnormal in myopathies. We have addressed this subject by recording motor unit potentials (MUPs) using a standard concentric needle electrode in tibialis anterior muscles of clinically normal strength in a group of patients with myopathy (15 with myositis and 4 with facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy Type 1). In each recording site, a minimal voluntary contraction was sought in order to activate only 2 MUPs.

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Muscular cramp: causes and management.

Eur J Neurol

February 2019

Instituto de Medicina Molecular and Institute of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal.

Muscular cramp is a common symptom in healthy people, especially among the elderly and in young people after vigorous or peak exercise. It is prominent in a number of benign neurological syndromes. It is a particular feature of chronic neurogenic disorders, especially amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

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Brown-Vialetto-Van Laere syndrome: a 28-year follow-up.

J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry

June 2016

Department of Neurology, The Royal London Hospital and Barts and the London School of Medicine, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.

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