Somatosensory-evoked potentials in athletes

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 473-481

  Thomas, Natasha G ^a,b   Mitchell, Duncan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND MEDICAL SCHOOL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

CONDUCTION SPEED; ENDURANCE; GYMNASTS; PROPRIOCEPTION; REACTION TIME

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDURANCE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PROPRIOCEPTION; REACTION TIME; RUNNING;

ADULT; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; GYMNASTICS; HUMANS; MALE; NEURAL CONDUCTION; REACTION TIME; RUNNING;

EID: 0029873172     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-199604000-00012     Document Type: Article

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