Median 14-cm and 7-cm antidromic sensory studies to digits two and three

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; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; NERVE CONDUCTION;

NEUROMUSCULAR REHABILITATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIDROMIC STIMULATION; ARTICLE; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY TEMPERATURE; DATABASES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; WRIST;

EID: 0032749859     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002060-199911001-00011     Document Type: Article

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