Cutaneous silent periods in the assessment of mild cervical spondylotic myelopathy

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Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 34-42

  Stetkarova, Ivana ^a   Kofler, Markus ^b  

^a NA HOMOLCE HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

^b Hospital Hochzirl   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cervical myelopathy; Cervical spondylosis; Cutaneous silent period; Motor evoked potentials; Somatosensory evoked potentials

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTRONEUROGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THENAR; TIBIAL NERVE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CERVICAL SPINE; INNERVATION; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPONDYLOSIS; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NEURAL CONDUCTION; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPINAL STENOSIS; SPONDYLOSIS; TIBIAL NERVE;

EID: 59649097770     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31818f8be3     Document Type: Article

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