Median nerve somatosensory evoked potentials and upper limb motor function in hemiparesis

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 169-179

  Park, B K ^a,c   Chae, John ^a,b   Lee, Y Hee ^a,d   Yang, G ^a,b   Labatia, I ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^c Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^d Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Arm function; Disability; Hemiparesis; Somatosensory evoked potentials

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; OUTPATIENT; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; SURVIVAL; WAVEFORM;

ADULT; AGED; ARM; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PARESIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0037385916     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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