Lumbar spinal canal stenosis examined electrophysiologically in a rat model of chronic cauda equina compression

Spine

Volumn 22, Issue 22, 1997, Pages 2636-2640

  Iwamoto, Hisao ^a   Matsuda, Hideo ^b   Noriage, Akira ^b   Yamano, Yoshiki ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b OSAKA CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Cauda equina; Chronic compression; Conduction velocity; High frequency stimulation; Intermittent claudication; Nerve action potential

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; BONE PLATE; BONE STRESS; CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; KIRSCHNER WIRE; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD BLOOD FLOW; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; WAVEFORM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CAUDA EQUINA; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; NEURAL CONDUCTION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL STENOSIS;

EID: 0031410544     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199711150-00011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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