A reappraisal of various methods for measuring motor nerve refractory period in humans

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 969-976

  Boërio, Delphine ^a,b   Hogrel, Jean Yves ^b   Créange, Alain ^a   Lefaucheur, Jean Pascal ^a  

^a HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Compound muscle action potential; Nerve excitability; Peripheral neuropathy; Refractory period; Voltage gated sodium channel

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DATA ANALYSIS; ELBOW; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR NERVE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NERVE EXCITABILITY; PAIN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REFRACTORY PERIOD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE; ULNAR NERVE; WRIST;

EID: 15944394090     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2004.11.018     Document Type: Article

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