The Electrodiagnosis of Cervical and Lumbosacral Radiculopathy

Neurologic Clinics

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 473-494

  Tsao, Bryan ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRODE; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; LUMBOSACRAL RADICULOPATHY; NERVE CONDUCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; REVIEW; THERMOGRAPHY; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; ELECTRODES; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; NECK PAIN; NEURAL CONDUCTION; RADICULOPATHY;

EID: 34147153450     PISSN: 07338619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ncl.2007.02.001     Document Type: Review

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