Nomogram for determining lower limit of the sural response

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 561-563

  Kokotis, P ^a   Mandellos, D ^a   Papagianni, A ^a   Karandreas, N ^a  

^a NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Age; Height; SNAP; Sural nerve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CALCULATION; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE STIMULATION; NOMOGRAM; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; SENSORY NERVE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SURAL NERVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY HEIGHT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; SURAL NERVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649183963     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2009.11.079     Document Type: Article

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