Nerve conduction velocities in the lower extremity in patients with Raynaud's phenomenon and clinical applications

Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 58-66

  Kostopoulos, Dimitrios ^a   Rizopoulos, Konstantine ^a   Vartholomeos, Nikolaos ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Nerve conduction studies; Neural mobilization; Raynaud's phenomenon

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; LEG; MALE; MOTOR NERVE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NEURAL MOBILIZATION; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PERONEUS NERVE; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; SENSORY NERVE; SURAL NERVE; TIBIAL NERVE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PERONEAL NERVE; RAYNAUD DISEASE; SURAL NERVE; TIBIAL NERVE;

EID: 37548998582     PISSN: 13608592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbmt.2007.10.003     Document Type: Article

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