The role of somatosensory evoked potentials in the diagnosis of lumbosacral radiculopathies

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 131-142

  Beyaz, Esra Arikan ^a   Akyuz G ^b   Us, O ^b  

^a Polis Polikliniǧi ^*  (Turkey)

^b MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

EMG; Late responses; Lumbosacral radiculopathies; SEPs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LUMBOSACRAL RADICULOPATHY; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADICULOPATHY; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADICULOPATHY; REACTION TIME; SACRUM; SURAL NERVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65649098387     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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