Accessory nerve stimulation: Motor response of the sternocleidomastoid muscle

Neurophysiologie Clinique

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 133-136

  Pinto, S ^a   de Carvalho, M ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Accessory nerve; Nerve conduction; Normative data; Sternocleidomastoid muscle

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY NERVE; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NECK; NERVE STIMULATION; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE;

ACCESSORY NERVE; ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK MUSCLES;

EID: 42149156045     PISSN: 09877053     EISSN: 17697131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neucli.2007.12.004     Document Type: Article

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