Recruitment curve of the soleus H-reflex in chronic back pain and lumbosacral radiculopathy

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 2, Issue , 2001, Pages 1-8

  Mazzocchio, Riccardo ^a   Scarfò, Giovanni Battista ^a   Mariottini, Aldo ^a   Muzii, Vitaliano Francesco ^a   Palma, Lucio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; RADICULOPATHY; SENSORY SYSTEM; SOLEUS MUSCLE;

EID: 3142543644     PISSN: 14712474     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-2-4     Document Type: Article

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