Electrophysiological evaluation of motor pathways to proximal lower limb muscles: A combined method and reference values

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 513-524

  Ališauskiene, Migle ^a   Magistris, Michel R ^b   Vaičiene, Nerija ^a   Truffert, André ^b  

^a KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Lithuania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Motor evoked potentials; Neurophysiology; Patellar T reflex; Quadriceps; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVALUATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; LEG; MALE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 33846781140     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2006.11.006     Document Type: Article

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