Sample size and the study of F waves

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1275-1278

  Nobrega, João Antonio Maciel ^a,b   Manzano, Gilberto Mastrocola ^a   Novo, Neil Ferreira ^a   Monteagudo, Patricia Teófilo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

F wave; F wave; F wave latency parameters; Ulnar nerve

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ULNAR NERVE; WAVEFORM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REACTION TIME; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 0032857233     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199909)22:9<1275::AID-MUS17>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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