Evaluation of the neurosensory function of the medial meniscus in humans

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1468-1472

  Saygi, Baransel ^a,d   Yildirim, Yakup ^b   Berker, Nadire ^c   Ofluoglu, Demet ^c   Karadag Saygi, Evrim ^c   Karahan, Mustafa ^c  

^a PTT Hospital   (Turkey)

^b ACIBADEM HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Electroneuromyography; Meniscus; Neurosensory; Semimembranosus; Somatosensory evoked potentials

Indexed keywords

ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVALUATION; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMUR CONDYLE; HUMAN; JOINT CAVITY; KNEE; KNEE MENISCUS; MEASUREMENT; MECHANORECEPTOR; MONITORING; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MYOGRAPHY; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYMPTOM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ARTHROSCOPY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMUR; HUMANS; JOINT CAPSULE; MECHANORECEPTORS; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REACTION TIME; REFLEX; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIBIAL NERVE;

EID: 29244481483     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2005.09.006     Document Type: Article

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