Measuring peripheral nerve function: Electrodiagnostic versus neurosensory testing

Atlas of Hand Clinics

Volumn 10, Issue 1 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 1-31

  Lee Dellon, A ^a,b,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c Dellon Institute for Peripheral Nerve Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHY; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEG LENGTHENING; MEDIAN NERVE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE SURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT CARE; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PERONEUS NERVE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADICULOPATHY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSORY ANALYSIS; SURGEON; THERMAL ANALYSIS; TIBIAL NERVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNAR NERVE; VIBRATION SENSE;

EID: 15944412506     PISSN: 10823131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahc.2004.09.002     Document Type: Review

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