Somatosensory evoked potentials following stimulation of digital nerves

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 533-538

  Kwast Rabben, Olga ^a   Libelius, Rolf ^a   Heikkilä, Hannu ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Central conduction time; Normal values; Somatosensory evoked potentials; Stimulation of digital nerves

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NECK PAIN; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE ROOT; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL NERVES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPINAL CORD; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 0036788646     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.10237     Document Type: Article

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