Intra-examiner reliability of sensory nerve conduction measurements

Acta Neurologica Belgica

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 139-142

  Ven, Antoon ^a,b   Van Hees, Johan ^c   Stappaerts, Karel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Arteveldehogeschool   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Lateral antebrachial cutaneous nerve; Nerve conduction; Normal values; Reliability; Sensory nerve action potential

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NERVE POTENTIAL; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SKIN NERVE; SYMPTOM; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

EID: 59949101655     PISSN: 03009009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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