NC-stat sensory nerve conduction studies in the median and ulnar nerves of symptomatic patients

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 405-413

  Kong, Xuan ^a   Gozani, Shai N ^a   Hayes, Michael T ^b   Weinberg, David H ^b  

^a NeuroMetrix Inc   (United States)

^b ST ELIZABETH'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparison; Inter examiner; Median sensory nerve; NC stat; Nerve conduction studies (NCS); Point of service; Ulnar sensory nerve

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SENSORY NERVE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ULNAR NERVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 32444448398     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2005.10.019     Document Type: Article

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