Muscle ultrasonography in detecting fasciculations: A noninvasive diagnostic tool for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Rahul Reddy RajulaJitender SainiGopikrishnan UnnikrishnanSeena VengalilSaraswati NashiMainak BardhanAkshata HuddarTanushree ChawlaDodmalur Malikarjuna SindhuValakunja Harikrishna GanarajaKiran PolavarapuVeeramani Preethish-KumarThennarasu KandavelAtchayaram Nalini

Published in: Journal of clinical ultrasound : JCU (2021)

MUS is more sensitive in detecting fasciculations than electromyography (EMG) and provides a safer, faster, painless, and noninvasive alternative to EMG in detecting fasciculations in ALS.

Keyphrases

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
high density
magnetic resonance imaging
contrast enhanced
computed tomography