Comparison of three methods for recording tibial H reflex. A clinical note

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 474-476

  Nishida, Takashi ^a   Levy, Charles E ^b   Lewit, Eliot J ^a   Janssen, Imke ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromyography; H Reflex; Nerve Conduction Velocity; Radiculopathy

Indexed keywords

BIOELECTRIC POTENTIALS; BONE; ELECTRODES; MUSCLE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

BRADDOM AND JOHNSON METHOD; CALF; H REFLEX; HALF AND HALF METHOD; HUGON METHOD; INITIAL NEGATIVE DEFLECTION; INITIAL POSITIVE DEFLECTION; NERVE CONDUCTION VELOCITY; RADICULOPATHY; TIBIA;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; NERVE CONDUCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; TIBIA;

EID: 0032821650     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002060-199909000-00014     Document Type: Article

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