P1-latency interroot comparison enhances the validity of scalp-recorded somatosensory-evoked potentials to diagnose nerve root dysfunction in sciatica

Spine

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 798-807

  Pape, Eivind ^b   Petter Eldevik, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HOSPITALS   (United States)

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

diagnosis; evoked potentials; nerve compression syndromes; sciatica; sensitivity; somatosensory; specificity; spinal nerve roots

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHIALGIA; LATENT PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 0343924279     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199704010-00019     Document Type: Article

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