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Table 2 Fasciculation intensity depending on onset sites

From: Fasciculation intensity and limb dominance in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a muscle ultrasonographic study

 

Side

  

Right

Left

p-value

Fasciculation score

 Bulbar onset (n = 43)

  Tongue

0 (0 - 2)

N/A

  Biceps brachii

3 (1 - 3)

3 (1 - 3)

0.14

  1st dosal interosseous

2 (0 - 3)

2 (0 - 3)

0.78

  Paraspinalis

0 (0 - 1)

0 (0 - 1)

0.77

  Vastus lateralis

1 (0 - 2)

1 (0 - 2)

0.094

  Tbialis anterior

2 (1 - 3)

3 (1 - 3)

0.51

 U/E onset (n = 41)

  Tongue

1 (0 - 2)

N/A

  Biceps brachii

3 (2 - 3)

3 (2 - 3)

0.27

  1st dosal interosseous

3 (0.5 - 3)

1 (0 - 3)

0.022

  Paraspinalis

0 (0 - 2)

0 (0 - 2)

0.77

  Vastus lateralis

1 (0 - 3)

2 (0 - 3)

0.21

  Tbialis anterior

2 (1 - 3)

2 (0.5 - 3)

0.69

 L/E onset (n = 22)

  Tongue

0 (0 - 1.25)

N/A

  Biceps brachii

3 (2 - 3)

2.5 (0.75 - 3)

0.018

  1st dosal interosseous

2 (1 - 3)

1.5 (0 - 3)

0.11

  Paraspinalis

0.5 (0 - 2.25)

0 (0 - 3)

1.00

  Vastus lateralis

2 (0 - 3)

2 (0 - 3)

0.83

  Tbialis anterior

2.5 (0.75 - 3)

2 (0 - 3)

0.57

  1. Data of fasciculation score are given as median (IQR)
  2. U/E Upper extremities, L/E Lower extremities
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