Identifying lumbosacral radiculopathies: An optimal electromyographic screen

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 496-503

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

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

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e WOMACK ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrodiagnosis; Electromyography; Lumbosacral region; Nerve conduction; Radiculitis; Radiculopathy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PATIENT MONITORING;

ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; LUMBOSACRAL RADIOCULOPATHIES;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NERVE CONDUCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADICULITIS; RADICULOPATHY; SCREENING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADICULOPATHY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0034326825     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002060-200011000-00002     Document Type: Article

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