AAEM minimonograph 48: Autonomic nervous system testing

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 919-937

  Ravits, John M ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine Rochester   (United States)

Author keywords

30:15 ratio; Autonomic function; Head up tilt table testing; Quantitative sudomotor axon reflex; Sinus arrhythmia; Sweat imprint test; Sympathetic skin response; Thermoregulatory sweat test; Valsalva ratio

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEAD TILTING; HUMAN; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL; SWEATING; SYMPATHETIC FUNCTION; SYMPATHETIC TONE; THERMOREGULATION;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; BLOOD PRESSURE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; TEMPERATURE; TILT-TABLE TEST; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

EID: 0030740406     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199708)20:8<919::AID-MUS1>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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