An improved approach to the evaluation of the deep motor branch of the ulnar nerve

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 485-493

  Witmer, B ^a   DiBenedetto, M ^a   Gregory Kang, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE INJURY; NERVE LESION; NERVE POTENTIAL; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ULNAR NERVE; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; AGED; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULNAR NEUROPATHIES;

EID: 0036890449     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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