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CMAP Scan MUNE MScan - A Novel Motor Unit Number Estimation MUNE Method
Published on: June 7, 2018
MScanFit motor unit number estimation of human anconeus muscle
Ya Zong1, Zhiyuan Lu2, Maoqi Chen2
1Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Introduction/Aims:
Motor unit number estimation (MUNE) studies of the anconeus muscle are very limited, although the information they provide is useful for neurophysiological investigations. The objective of this study was to estimate the number of motor units in the anconeus muscle.
Methods:
Compound muscle action potential scans of the anconeus muscle were recorded from 11 healthy participants, all of whom were tested on two occasions. MUNE was determined from the MScanFit program.
Results:
The average MUNE of the anconeus muscle was 55.09 ± 3.27 (mean ± standard error of the mean) for the first test and 54.64 ± 3.70 for the retest, demonstrating excellent measurement reliability, with an intraclass correlation coefficient of 0.90.
Discussion:
A relatively low motor unit number is found in the anconeus, a muscle not comprehensively studied in literature.
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