Electrodiagnostic medical consultation in lumbar spine problems

Occupational Medicine - State of the Art Reviews

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 97-120

  Grant, Peter A ^a,b  

^a Rogue Valley Medical Center   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; INNERVATION; LEG; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MOTONEURON; NERVE CONDUCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINE DISEASE; TIME;

ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; LEG; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; SPINAL DISEASES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33748955418     PISSN: 0885114X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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