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The consequences of the new European reclassification of non-invasive brain sti...
Antal, Andrea; Ganho-Ávila, Ana; Assecondi, Sara; Barbour, Traci; Bjekić, Bjekić; Blumberger, Daniel M.; Bolognini, Nadia; Brunelin, JeromeA significant amount of European basic and clinical neuroscience research includes the use of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and low intensity transcranial electrical stimulation (tES), including transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS). Two recent changes in the EU regulations, the introduction of the Medical Device Regulation (MDR) (2017/745) and the Annex XVI have caused significant problems a...
Early diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis by threshold tracking and conv...
Tankisi, Hatice; Nielsen, Christina S.‐Z.; Howells, James; Cengiz, Bülent; Samusyte, Gintaute; Koltzenburg, Martin; Blicher, Jakob U.; Møller, Anette T.Background and purpose: Short-interval intracortical inhibition by threshold tracking (T-SICI) has been proposed as a diagnostic tool for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) but has not been compared directly with conventional amplitude measurements (A-SICI). This study compared A-SICI and T-SICI for sensitivity and clinical usefulness as biomarkers for ALS. Methods: In all, 104 consecutive patients referred wi...
Standards of instrumentation of EMG
Tankisi, Hatice; Burke, David; Cui, Liying; Carvalho, Mamede; Kuwabara, Satoshi; Nandedkar, Sanjeev D.; Rutkove, Seward; Stålberg, ErikStandardization of Electromyography (EMG) instrumentation is of particular importance to ensure high quality recordings. This consensus report on "Standards of Instrumentation of EMG" is an update and extension of the earlier IFCN Guidelines published in 1999. First, a panel of experts in different fields from different geographical distributions was invited to submit a section on their particular interest and ...
Multiple point stimulation MUNE in ALS: toward a faster modification
Oliveira Santos, Miguel; Jacobsen, Anna Bystrup; Tankisi, HaticePurpose: Multiple point stimulation is a well-established motor unit number estimate method that can be used in all EMG machines, but it is time-consuming. We investigated whether a faster modification of multiple point stimulation using five surface motor unit action potentials (sMUAP) had similar reproducibility, sensitivity, and specificity as 10. Methods: Twenty-two motor neuron disease patients and 20 heal...