Fast dynamics of voluntary muscle strength and motor evoked potentials after traction therapy in patient with lumbosacral root lesion

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 195-197

  Guechev, G ^a   Guechev, A ^a  

^a National Centre of Rehabilitation   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Motor evoked potentials; Motor radiculopathy; Traction therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; MUSCLE STRENGTH; RADICULOPATHY; TRACTION THERAPY;

ADULT; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; TRACTION;

EID: 0029971189     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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