The results and contribution of electrophysiological examination in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis

Scripta Medica Facultatis Medicae Universitatis Brunensis Masarykianae

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 38-45

  Micankova Adamova B ^a   Vohanka S ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Electrophysiological examination; Lumbar spinal stenosis; Radiculopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; PERONEUS NERVE; POLYRADICULITIS; RADICULOPATHY; SURAL NERVE; TIBIAL NERVE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

EID: 65349190521     PISSN: 12113395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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