Symptom duration and spontaneous activity in lumbosacral radiculopathy

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 124-132

  Dillingham, Timothy R ^a,f   Pezzin, Liliana E ^a   Lauder, Tamara D ^a   Andary, Michael ^b   Kumar, Shashi ^c   Stephens, Ronald T ^d   Shannon, Steven ^e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d WOMACK ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Back Pain; Electromyography; Lumbosacral Radiculopathy; Nerve Conduction; Paraspinal Muscles

Indexed keywords

BIOELECTRIC POTENTIALS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DISEASES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MUSCLE;

LUMBOSACRAL RADICULOPATHY; PARASPINAL MUSCLE; SYMPTOM DURATION;

NEUROPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RADICULOPATHY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADICULOPATHY;

EID: 0034115140     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002060-200003000-00003     Document Type: Article

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