Electrodiagnostic approach to patients with suspected radiculopathy

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 567-588

  Dillingham, Timothy R ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY; RADICULOPATHY;

EID: 0036696974     PISSN: 10479651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-9651(02)00010-4     Document Type: Review

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