The Electrodiagnostic Evaluation of Neck Pain

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 429-438

  Plastaras, Christopher T ^a   Joshi, Anand B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrodiagnosis; Electromyography; Radiculopathy; Spinal stenosis

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; F WAVE; HISTORY; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NECK PAIN; NEEDLE ELECTRODE EXAMINATION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE ROOT; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; NECK PAIN; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RADICULOPATHY;

EID: 79961119462     PISSN: 10479651     EISSN: 15581381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmr.2011.02.012     Document Type: Review

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