Recovery of motor deficits after microdiscectomy for lumbar disc herniation

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1040-1045

  Postacchini, F ^a   Giannicola, G ^a   Cinotti, G ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM COMMUNIS MUSCLE; EXTENSOR HALLUCIS LONGUS MUSCLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LEG MUSCLE; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TRICEPS SURAE MUSCLE;

EID: 0036742005     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.84B7.12948     Document Type: Article

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