Normal values of patellar and ankle tendon reflex latencies

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 31-36

  Frijns, C J M ^a,c   Laman, D M ^a   Van Duijn, M A J ^b   Van Duijn, H ^a  

^a ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Latencies; Normal values; Reflex; Tendon

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; PATELLA TENDON; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TENDON REFLEX;

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATELLA; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; REFLEX, STRETCH;

EID: 0030889990     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-8467(96)00593-8     Document Type: Article

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