The relationship between skin temperature and neuronal characteristics in the median, ulnar and radial nerves of non-impaired individuals

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 47, Issue 7-8, 2007, Pages 351-360

  Moses, B ^a,b   Nelson, Roger M ^b,c   Nelson Jr , A J ^d   Cheifetz, P ^e  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS   (United States)

^b Department of Mind and Body Power Physical Therapy ^*  (United States)

^c LEBANON VALLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e NASSAU COMMUNITY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Distal latency; EMAP and physiological factors; Motor and sensory nerve conduction velocity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; RADIAL NERVE; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SKIN TEMPERATURE; ULNAR NERVE; UNITED STATES;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURONS; RADIAL NERVE; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; SKIN TEMPERATURE; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 36348972358     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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