Median nerve motor conduction to the abductor pollicis brevis

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 78, Issue 6 SUPPL., 1999, Pages

  Buschbacher, Ralph M ^a  

^a CL 368 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Electrodiagnosis; Median Nerve; Nerve Conduction Studies; Normal Values

Indexed keywords

BIOELECTRIC PHENOMENA; DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MUSCLE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; NERVE CONDUCTION;

NEUROMUSCULAR REHABILITATION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; THUMB; WAVEFORM;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY HEIGHT; DATABASES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; SAMPLE SIZE; SEX FACTORS; THUMB; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032702607     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002060-199911001-00002     Document Type: Article

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