Sensory deficits of a nerve root lesion can be objectively documented by somatosensory evoked potentials elicited by painful infrared laser stimulations: A case study

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 107-110

  Lorenz, J ^a   Hansen, H C ^b   Kunze, K ^b   Bromm, B ^a,b  

^a Institute of Physiology   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electrical stimulation; Laser evoked potentials; Mechanical stimulation; Radiculopathy; Somatosensory evoked potentials

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DERMATOME; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HUMAN; INFRARED RADIATION; LASER; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE ROOT INJURY; NERVE STIMULATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 0030056057     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.61.1.107     Document Type: Article

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