Comparison of linear regression and probit analysis for detecting H-reflex threshold in individuals with and without spinal cord injury

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 153-159

  Schindler Ivens, S M ^a,b   Shields, R K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; REFLEX RECRUITMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; REFERENCE VALUES; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 1942486885     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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