Specificity of needle electromyography for lumbar radiculopathy and plexopathy in 55- to 79-year-old asymptomatic subjects

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 85, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 908-912

  Tong, Henry C ^a   Haig, Andrew J ^b,c   Yamakawa, Karen S J ^b,c   Miner, Jennifer A ^b,c  

^a Michigan Head and Spine Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Normality; Plexopathy; Radiculopathy; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; LUMBAR SPINE; NEUROPATHY; PLEXOPATHY; RADICULOPATHY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SPIKE WAVE; VOLUNTEER;

AGED; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEEDLES; RADICULOPATHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SPINAL STENOSIS;

EID: 33750626686     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.phm.0000242627.81326.6c     Document Type: Article

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