Magnetic stimulation of the lumbosacral vertebral column in children: Normal values and possible sites of stimulation

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology - Electromyography and Motor Control

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 102-108

  Maegaki, Y ^a   Maeoka, Y ^a   Takeshita, K ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

children; lumbosacral vertebral column; magnetic stimulation; proximal nerve root; root conduction time

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MAGNETIC STIMULATION; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030943065     PISSN: 0924980X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-980X(97)96017-3     Document Type: Article

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