Optimal recording electrode placement in the lumbrical-interossei comparison study

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 289-293

  Al Shekhlee, Amer ^a   Fernandes Filho, Jose A ^a   Sukul, Devraj ^a   Preston, David C ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Electromyography; Interossei; Lumbrical; Nerve conduction studies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; HAND MUSCLE; HAND PALM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTEROSSEUS MUSCLE; LATENT PERIOD; LUMBRICAL MUSCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODES; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HAND; HUMANS; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 32144451515     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.20488     Document Type: Article

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