Measurement of the local pressure of the intervertebral foramen and the electrophysiologic values of the spinal nerve roots in the vertebral foramen

Spine

Volumn 31, Issue 26, 2006, Pages 3076-3080

  Morishita, Yuichiro ^a   Hida, Shinichi ^a   Naito, Masatoshi ^a   Arimizu, Jun ^a   Matsushima, Ushio ^a   Nakamura, Atsuhiko ^a  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

CMAPs; Local pressure of the intervertebral foramen; Lumbar spinal stenosis; Spinal nerve root

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LATENT PERIOD; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL ROOT; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; VERTEBRA; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; POSTURE; PRESSURE; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SPINAL STENOSIS;

EID: 33845724703     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000249559.96787.d4     Document Type: Article

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