An electrophysiological demonstration of polysegmental innervation in the lumbar medial paraspinal muscles

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 113-115

  Wu, Peter B J ^a   Kingery, Wade S ^b   Frazier, Meriwether L ^b   Date, Elaine S ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

electromyography; lumbar radiculopathy; multifidus; paraplegia

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILIOPSOAS MUSCLE; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; SPINE INJURY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MUSCLES; PARAPLEGIA;

EID: 0031014755     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199701)20:1<113::AID-MUS18>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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