Nine Hole Peg Test and Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation: Useful to Evaluate Dexterity of the Hand and Disease Progression in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Objective. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease with involvement of the upper and lower motor neurons. Since the loss of fine motor skills is one of the earliest signs of ALS, the hypothesis was tested if the nine hole PEG test (NHPT) and transcranial magnet stimulation...

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Published in:	Neurology Research International
Main Authors:	David Czell, Christoph Neuwirth, Markus Weber, Sabine Sartoretti-Schefer, Andreas Gutzeit, Carolin Reischauer
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wiley 2019-01-01
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/7397491