Ultrasound-guided needle EMG of the diaphragm: Technique description and case report

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1623-1626

  Boon, Andrea J ^a,b   Alsharif, Kais I ^b   Harper, C Michel ^b   Smith, Jay ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diaphragm; Electromyography; Phrenic nerve conduction studies; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAPHRAGM MOVEMENT; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; NEEDLE; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE; ULTRASOUND;

AGED; DIAPHRAGM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MALE; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PHRENIC NERVE; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION;

EID: 56749104379     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21187     Document Type: Article

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