Electrophysiologic Evaluation of Lumbosacral Single Nerve Roots Using Compound Muscle Action Potentials

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 487-492

  Ogura, Taku ^a   Shikata, Hideto ^a   Hase, Hitoshi ^a   Mori, Masaki ^a   Hayashida, Taturo ^a   Osawa, Toru ^a   Mikami, Yasuo ^a   Kubo, Toshikazu ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Compound muscle action potential; Electrical stimulation; Lumbar disc herniation

Indexed keywords

ABDUCENS NERVE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM BREVIS MUSCLE; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MALE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE ROOT; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFERENT NERVE; LATENT PERIOD; LEG MUSCLE; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS;

EID: 0344236414     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00024720-200310000-00008     Document Type: Article

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