A mathematical model for peripheral nerve conduction velocity

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 223-229

  Bodofsky, E B ^a,b  

^a Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery   (United States)

^b RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon tapering velocity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LATENT PERIOD; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PREDICTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; TEACHING HOSPITAL; ULNAR NERVE;

ADULT; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROGRADE DEGENERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 0038167543     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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