Monitoring of head injury by myotatic reflex evaluation

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 581-588

  Cozens, J Alastair ^a   Miller, Simon ^b   Chambers, Iain R ^a   Mendelow, A David ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glasgow coma scale; Head injury; Stretch reflex

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; MYOTATIC REFLEX; PARALYSIS; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX DISORDER; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADULT; AGED; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, NEUROLOGICAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; REFLEX, STRETCH; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOUCH;

EID: 0034059077     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.68.5.581     Document Type: Article

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