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Table 4 Neurological clinical results among 30 ALS subjects

From: Role of neuro-sonography of peripheral nerves as a diagnostic and a differentiation tool of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Variables

Frequency (%)/mean ± SD

Age of onset (years)

 

42.4 ± 15.4

Disease duration (years)

 

1.8 ± 1.4

ALS-FRS scale

 

37.2 ± 8.4

Disease stagea

1

11 (42.3%)

 

2

11 (42.3%)

 

3

4 (15.4%)

Clinical phenotype

Bulbar

2 (6.7%)

Classic

19 (63.3%)

Classic/familial

7 (23.3%)

Flail chest

1 (3.3%)

Local segment

1 (3.3%)

  1. ALS-FRS amyotrophic lateral sclerosis functional rating scale. aAssessed in 26 cases only