A new concept in the electrophysiological evaluation of syringomyelia

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 517-523

  Roser, Florian ^a   Ebner, Florian H ^a   Liebsch, Marina ^a   Dietz, Klaus ^a   Tatagiba, Marcos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electrophysiological monitoring; Motor evoked potential; Somatosensory evoked potential; Syringomyelia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIMB; MALE; PAIN; PARESIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYRINGOMYELIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PAIN; PARESIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REACTION TIME; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYRINGOMYELIA; TIBIAL NERVE;

EID: 45149094833     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/SPI/2008/8/6/517     Document Type: Article

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