Physical therapy for muscle strengthening in individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: A protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis

• Aline Alves de Souza ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Aline Alves de Souza, Stephano Tomaz da Silva, Lorenna Raquel Dantas de Macedo, Tatiana Souza Ribeiro

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: alvss.aline@gmail.com

  Affiliations Department of Physical Therapy, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil, Laboratory of Technological Innovation in Health, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4424-3034

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• Stephano Tomaz da Silva ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Aline Alves de Souza, Stephano Tomaz da Silva, Lorenna Raquel Dantas de Macedo, Tatiana Souza Ribeiro

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Physical Therapy, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil, Laboratory of Technological Innovation in Health, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil

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• Lorenna Raquel Dantas de Macedo ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Aline Alves de Souza, Stephano Tomaz da Silva, Lorenna Raquel Dantas de Macedo, Tatiana Souza Ribeiro

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Physical Therapy, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil

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• Diogo Neres Aires ,

  Roles Investigation

  ¶‡ DNA, KMP, LPM and RAMV also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations Department of Physical Therapy, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil, Laboratory of Technological Innovation in Health, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil

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• Karen de Medeiros Pondofe ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Visualization

  ¶‡ DNA, KMP, LPM and RAMV also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations Department of Physical Therapy, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil, Laboratory of Technological Innovation in Health, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil

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• Luciana Protásio de Melo ,

  Roles Visualization

  ¶‡ DNA, KMP, LPM and RAMV also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Laboratory of Technological Innovation in Health, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil

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• Ricardo Alexsandro de Medeiros Valentim ,

  Roles Resources

  ¶‡ DNA, KMP, LPM and RAMV also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations Laboratory of Technological Innovation in Health, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil

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• Tatiana Souza Ribeiro

  Contributed equally to this work with: Aline Alves de Souza, Stephano Tomaz da Silva, Lorenna Raquel Dantas de Macedo, Tatiana Souza Ribeiro

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Physical Therapy, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil, Laboratory of Technological Innovation in Health, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9611-1076

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