The long thoracic nerve conduction study revisited in 2006

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 117, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2446-2450

  Seror, P ^a  

^a Laboratoire d'Electromyographie   (France)

Author keywords

Electrodiagnosis; Long thoracic nerve; Nerve compression; Nerve conduction; Parsonage and Turner syndrome; Serratus anterior muscle

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONG THORACIC NERVE; MALE; MUSCLE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NERVE; NERVE CONDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE FIBERS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THORACIC NERVES;

EID: 33749616426     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2006.07.308     Document Type: Article

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