Abstract
Using a microstimulation technique for obtaining motor unit number estimates (MUNEs) of the hypothenar and extensor digitorum brevis (EDB) muscles, we performed a longitudinal study on the natural course of change in the clinical rating scale (Appel score) and of loss of functional spinal alpha motor neurons in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The Appel score increased to about 150% of normal at 12 months after onset, about 225% at 18 months after onset, and about 370% at 24 months after onset. By contrast, MUNEs decreased to about 27% of normal at 12 months after onset, about 12% at 18 months after onset, and about 5% at 24 months after onset. The relative merits of these different approaches in detecting changes in the disease process in its early phase are discussed.
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