Effect of posture and postural fixation in repetitive nerve stimulation test

Brain and Nerve

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 867-870

  Mori, Izumi ^a   Hasegawa, Osamu ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Incremental response; Postural fixation; Posture; Repetitive nerve stimulation test

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; MEDIAN NERVE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE FIBRIL; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NERVE STIMULATION; PROVOCATION TEST;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MUSCLE FIBERS; POSTURE;

EID: 0032726241     PISSN: 00068969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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