Utility of vibration thresholds in patients with brachial plexus nerve compression

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 613-618

  Dale, Ann Marie ^a   Novak, Christine B ^a   Mackinnon, Susan E ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b East Pavilion   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; NERVE COMPRESSION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIBRATION;

ADULT; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIBRATION;

EID: 0032982242     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000637-199906000-00005     Document Type: Article

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