Recovery of function in adjacent nerve roots after surgery for lumbar disc herniation: Use of quantitative sensory testing in the exploration of different populations of nerve fibers

Journal of Spinal Disorders

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 427-431

  Nygaard, O P ^a   Kloster, R ^a   Solberg, T ^a   Mellgren, S I ^a  

^a TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Lumbar disc herniation; Lumbar nerve root; Lumbar radiculopathy; Quantitative sensory testing; Thermal sensation thresholds; Vibrametry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR RADICULOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; PATIENT CODING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSATION; SENSORY NERVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIBRATION;

ADULT; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; RADICULOPATHY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SCIATICA; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; TEMPERATURE SENSE; VIBRATION;

EID: 0034464529     PISSN: 08950385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002517-200010000-00010     Document Type: Article

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