The lateral femoral cutaneous nerve: Nerve conduction technique

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 161-163

  Laroy, Veerle ^a   Knoops, Philippe ^a   Semoulin, Pierre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b Dept of Phys Med and Rehab ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Lateral femoral cutaneous nerve; Meralgia paraesthetica; Nerve conduction technique; Sensory nerve action potential

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NORMAL HUMAN; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSORY NERVE; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SKIN NERVE; SKIN TEMPERATURE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0032956329     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004691-199903000-00009     Document Type: Article

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