Motor conduction time along the cauda equina in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis

Spine

Volumn 34, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 1410-1414

  Şenocak, Özlem ^a   Hürel, Dilek Mete ^a   S̈ener, Ufuk ^a   Uǧurel, Burcu ^a   Öztura, Ibrahim ^a   Ertekin, Cumhur ^b  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Dokuz Eylül University Medical Faculty ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cauda equina; Lumbar spinal stenosis; Magnetic coil stimulation; Motor roots

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUDA EQUINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR SPINAL STENOSIS; MALE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

ADULT; CAUDA EQUINA; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MAGNETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; SPINAL STENOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67749096082     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181a19082     Document Type: Article

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