Motor-evoked potentials elicited from human erector spinae muscles by transcranial magnetic stimulation

Spine

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 154-157

  Taniguchi, Shinichirou ^a   Tani, Toshikazu ^b  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Erector spinae muscle; Magnetic stimulation; Motor evoked potential; Thoracic myelopathy; Voluntary contraction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0033555671     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199901150-00014     Document Type: Article

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