Large electrodes improve nerve conduction repeatability in controls as well as in patients with diabetic neuropathy

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 689-695

  Tjon A Tsien, Aimée M L ^a   Lemkes, Herman H P J ^a   Van Der Kamp Huyts, Antoinette J C ^a   Van Dijk, J Gert ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CMAP; diabetic neuropathy; electrode size; nerve conduction; repeatability

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NERVE; NERVE CONDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; ELECTRODES; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOOT; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PERONEAL NERVE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIBIAL NERVE;

EID: 0029978008     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199606)19:6<689::AID-MUS1>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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