Laser-evoked potentials: Prognostic relevance of pain pathway defects in patients with acute radiculopathy

European Spine Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 270-278

  Quante, Markus ^a   Lorenz, Jürgen ^b   Hauck, Michael ^c  

^a Klinikum Neustadt   (Germany)

^b HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dorsal root impairment; Laser evoked potential; Prognosis; Radiculopathy; Sciatica

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; DERMATOME; DORSAL ROOT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER EVOKED POTENTIAL; LATENT PERIOD; LEG PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADICULOPATHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; YAG LASER;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASERS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RADICULOPATHY; REACTION TIME; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950916445     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-009-1169-4     Document Type: Article

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