The critical importance of stimulus intensity in intraoperative monitoring for partial dorsal rhizotomy

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 415-422

  Logigian, Eric L ^a,b   Shefner, Jeremy M ^a   Goumnerova, Liliana ^a   Scott, R Michael ^a   Soriano, Sulpicio G ^a   Madsen, Joseph ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

cerebral palsy; H reflex; rhizotomy; spasticity; stimulation intensity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DORSAL RHIZOTOMY; DORSAL ROOT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; NERVE ROOT; NERVE STIMULATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPASTICITY; SPINAL REFLEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VENTRAL ROOT;

CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; REFLEX; RHIZOTOMY; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; TIBIAL NERVE;

EID: 0029863592     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199604)19:4<415::AID-MUS1>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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