Utility of flexor carpi radialis H-reflex in diagnosis of cervical radiculopathy

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 458-460

  Eliaspour, Dariush ^a   Sanati, Ehsan ^a   Hedayati Moqadam, Mohammad Reza ^b   Rayegani, Seyed Mansoor ^a   Bahrami, Mohammad Hasan ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Academic Center for Education Culture and Research   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cervical radiculopathy; EMG; FCR H reflex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLEXOR CARPI RADIALIS; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE ROOT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADICULOPATHY;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RADICULOPATHY; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74249090371     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNP.0b013e3181c2bb00     Document Type: Article

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