The cervical radiculopathy screen: Optimizing the number of muscles studied

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 662-665

  Lauder, Tamara D ^a,c   Dillingham, Timothy R ^b  

^a MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

cervical region; electromyography; muscle denervation; nerve conduction; radiculopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLES; NECK; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS;

EID: 0029933432     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199605)19:5<662::AID-MUS18>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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