Higher electrical stimulus intensities are required to activate chronically compressed nerve roots: Implications for intraoperative electromyographic pedicle screw testing

Spine

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 224-227

  Holland, Neil R ^a,b   Lukaczyk, Tamara A ^a   Riley III, Lee H ^a   Kostuik, John P ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Intraoperative monitoring; Pedicle screw; Spinal nerve roots

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; SPINE STABILIZATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGED; BONE SCREWS; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLES; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS;

EID: 0032518249     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199801150-00014     Document Type: Article

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