The biophysical effects of ultrasound on median nerve distal latencies

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 169-180

  Moore, J H ^b   Gieck, J H ^c   Saliba, E N ^c   Perrin, D H ^c   Ball, D W ^c   McCue, F C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b US Army Medical Department Center & School   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR NERVE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; SENSORY NERVE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; BIOPHYSICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; REACTION TIME; RECEPTORS, SENSORY; SKIN TEMPERATURE; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 0034001180     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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