Aging of phrenic nerve conduction in the elderly

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 116, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2560-2564

  Imai, Tomihiro ^a   Yuasa, Hiroo ^b   Kato, Yasuo ^b   Matsumoto, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Sapporo Shirakabadai Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Correlation analysis; Diaphragmatic action potential; Elderly; Phrenic nerve conduction

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIAPHRAGM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE LESION; NEUROPATHY; NORMAL HUMAN; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VOLUNTEER;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DIAPHRAGM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PHRENIC NERVE; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 27544478981     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2005.08.003     Document Type: Article

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