Bilateral musculocutaneous nerve palsy: A case report

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 227-231

  Kuhlman, Kurt A ^a,b   Batley, Rosalind J ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Dodd Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Electrodiagnosis; Musculocutaneous; Nerve; Neurolysis; Palsy

Indexed keywords

BIOELECTRIC POTENTIALS; DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL NEURAL STIMULATION; MUSCLE;

BILATERAL MUSCULOCUTANEOUS NERVE PALSY; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; FUNCTIONAL RECOVERY; NEUROLYSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS; PROXIMITY MUSCULOCUTANEOUS NERVE PALSY;

FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CASE REPORT; CRUSH TRAUMA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MUSCLE DENERVATION; NERVE ANASTOMOSIS; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROLYSIS; SPINE FRACTURE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADOLESCENT; ARM INJURIES; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SPINAL FRACTURES;

EID: 0030152498     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002060-199605000-00016     Document Type: Article

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