Soleus H reflex and motor unit number estimation after tibial nerve block and neurotomy in patients with spastic equinus foot

Neurophysiologie Clinique

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 227-233

  Deltombe, T ^a   Jamart, J ^b   Hanson, P ^a   Gustin, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUVAIN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF MONT GODINNE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Equinovarus foot; H reflex; MUNE; Neurotomy; Spasticity

Indexed keywords

ETIDOCAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAIT; HEMIPLEGIA; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; MOTOR NERVE; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE INNERVATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NERVE BLOCK; PES EQUINOVARUS; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPASTICITY; TIBIAL NERVE; TRICEPS SURAE MUSCLE; WALKING SPEED;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOOT DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; GAIT; H-REFLEX; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE BLOCK; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIBIAL NERVE;

EID: 50949102981     PISSN: 09877053     EISSN: 17697131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neucli.2008.03.003     Document Type: Article

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