Criterion validity of the NC-stat automated nerve conduction measurement instrument

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 95-104

  Jabre, Joe F ^a,b,c   Salzsieder, Byron T ^a,b   Gnemi, Kenneth E ^a  

^a Boston VA Healthcare System   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Criterion; EMG; NC stat; Nerve conduction; Peroneal; Posterior tibial; Validity

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTION MEASUREMENT; CRITERIA; EMG; MEASUREMENTS INSTRUMENTS; NC-STAT; NERVE CONDUCTION; PERONEAL; POSTERIOR TIBIAL; TIBIAL NERVES; VALIDITY;

ADULT; AGED; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE CONDUCTION; PERONEUS NERVE; POSTERIOR TIBIAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULNAR NERVE; ADOLESCENT; AUTOMATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; GENETIC PROCEDURES; INSTRUMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMATION; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 34247467611     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: 13616579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/28/1/009     Document Type: Article

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