Electrophysiological recording of deep tendon reflexes: Normative data in children and in adults

Neurophysiologie Clinique

Volumn 34, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 131-139

  Péréon, Yann ^a   Nguyen The Tich, Sylvie ^a   Fournier, Emmanuel ^b   Genet, Robert ^a   Guihéneuc, Pierre ^a  

^a HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Child; D veloppement; Development; Enfant; Nerve conduction velocity; Vitesse de conduction nerveuse

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BODY HEIGHT; CELL MATURATION; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; INFANT; LATENT PERIOD; MACHINE; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RELIABILITY; SOLEUS MUSCLE; T WAVE; TECHNIQUE; TENDON REFLEX; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; REFERENCE VALUES; REFLEX, STRETCH; TENDONS;

EID: 6344278117     PISSN: 09877053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neucli.2004.04.005     Document Type: Article

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