Assessment of central motor conduction to intrinsic hand muscles using the triple stimulation technique: Normal values and repeatability

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 115, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2558-2566

  Humm, A M ^a   Z'Graggen, W J ^a   Von Hornstein, N E ^a   Magistris, M R ^b   Rosler K M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Faculty of Medicine   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Collision Technique; Hypothenar; Motor evoked potentials; Thenar; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 4644337368     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2004.06.009     Document Type: Article

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