Clinical value of F-wave recordings in traumatic cervical spinal cord injury

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology - Electromyography and Motor Control

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 189-193

  Curt, Armin ^a   Keck, Martin E ^a   Dietz, Volker ^a  

^a BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Compound muscle action potential; F wave; Spinal cord injury; Motoneurone lesion

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTONEURON; NERVE CONDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

EID: 0030952834     PISSN: 0924980X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-980X(97)96626-1     Document Type: Article

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