Utility of ultrasound-guided surface electrode placement in lateral femoral cutaneous nerve conduction studies

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 525-530

  Boon, Andrea J ^a   Bailey, Peter W ^a   Smith, Jay ^a   Sorenson, Eric J ^a   Michel Harper, C ^a   Hurdle, Mark F ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Lateral femoral cutaneous nerve; Meralgia paresthetica; Nerve conduction study; Obesity; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; LATERAL FEMORAL CUTANEOUS NERVE; NERVE; NERVE POTENTIAL; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTRODES; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052887192     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.22102     Document Type: Article

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