Paraspinal muscle evoked cerebral potentials in patients with unilateral low back pain

Spine

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 1993, Pages 1096-1102

  Zhu, Yu ^a   Haldeman, Scott ^a   Starr, Arnold ^a   Seffinger, Michael A ^a   Su, Su Hwan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Low pack pain; Muscle spasm; Paraspinal muscle seps

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE SPASM; MUSCLE SPINDLE; MUSCLE TWITCH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIBRATION;

ADULT; BACK; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAGNETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE SPINDLES; MUSCLES; MYOFASCIAL PAIN SYNDROMES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; VIBRATION;

EID: 0027217282     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199306150-00022     Document Type: Article

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