Ultrasound-guided needle positioning in sensory nerve conduction study of the sural nerve

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 120, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1342-1345

  Kamm, Christian P ^a   Scheidegger, Olivier ^a   Rösler, Kai M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Sensory nerve conduction study; Sural nerve; Ultrasound guided needle positioning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROGRAPHY; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURAL NERVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTRODES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PILOT PROJECTS; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SURAL NERVE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649868147     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2009.04.016     Document Type: Article

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