Evaluation of parameters of serially monitored F-wave in acute cervical spinal cord injury

Journal of Nippon Medical School

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 106-113

  Kim, Yong ^a   Aoki, Takafumi ^a   Ito, Hiromoto ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical spinal cord injury; F wave; Functional recovery; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE STIMULATION; PROGNOSIS; SPIKE WAVE; ULNAR NERVE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROGNOSIS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 34247641062     PISSN: 13454676     EISSN: 13473409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1272/jnms.74.106     Document Type: Article

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