The F-wave in the vastus lateralis M. And the segmental motor conduction times for L2/L4 motoneurons

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology - Electromyography and Motor Control

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 379-386

  Wochnik Dyjas, D ^a   Glazowski C ^a   Niewiadomska, M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

F wave; Magnetic stimulation; Segmental motor conduction times; Vastus lateralis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

EID: 0030272879     PISSN: 0924980X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-884X(96)95644-1     Document Type: Article

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