Cervical root compression monitoring by flexor carpi radialis H-reflex in healthy subjects

Spine

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 137-141

  Sabbahi, Mohamed ^a   Abdulwahab, Sami ^a  

^a TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; H reflex; Nerve root compression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOREARM; H-REFLEX; HEAD; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NECK; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; POSTURE; REACTION TIME; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS;

EID: 0033555881     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199901150-00009     Document Type: Article

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