'Rules of conduct': Some practical guidelines for testing motor-nerve conduction

Archives of Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 229-247

  Van Dijk, J G ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Electrophysiological recording; EMG; Muscle architecture; Nerve conduction velocity; Synapse arrays

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MOTOR NERVE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROPATHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SYNAPSE;

BODY TEMPERATURE; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTREMITIES; HUMANS; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEURAL CONDUCTION; REACTION TIME; SYNAPSES; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 0034480676     PISSN: 13813455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/1381-3455(200007)108:3;1-Z;FT229     Document Type: Review

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