Compound nerve conduction velocity - A reflection of proprioceptive afferents?

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 29-32

  Metso, Antti J ^a   Palmu, Kirsi ^b   Partanen, Juhani V ^b  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Compound nerve; Median nerve; Normal conduction velocity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MOTOR NERVE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; SENSORY NERVE; SKIN NERVE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOMETER;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PROPRIOCEPTION; REACTION TIME;

EID: 37649013622     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2007.09.129     Document Type: Article

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