A new method using neuromagnetic stimulation to measure conduction time within the cauda equina

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology - Electromyography and Motor Control

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 153-166

  Maccabee, P J ^a   Lipitz, M E ^a   Desudchit, T ^a   Golub, R W ^a   Nitti, V W ^a   Bania, J P ^a   Willer, J A ^a   Cracco, R Q ^a   Cadwell, J ^a   Hotson, G C ^a   Eberle, L P ^a   Amassian, V E ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cauda equina; Compound muscle action potentiate (CMAP); Conduction time; Lumbosacral spine; Neuromagnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUDA EQUINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0029949316     PISSN: 0924980X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0924-980X(95)00264-L     Document Type: Article

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