The function of sensory nerve fibers in lumbar radiculopathy: Use of quantitative sensory testing in the exploration of different populations of nerve fibers and dermatomes

Spine

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 348-353

  Nygaard, Øystein P ^a   Mellgren, Svein Ivar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Chronic compression; Inflammation; Lumbar radiculopathy; Nerve root; Quantitative sensory testing; Thermal sensation thresholds; Vibrametry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MYELORADICULOPATHY; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE;

ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SKIN; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS;

EID: 0032005275     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199802010-00012     Document Type: Article

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