Reproducibility of sensory nerve conduction studies of the sural nerve using ultrasound-guided needle positioning

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 873-876

  Scheidegger, Olivier ^a   Küffer, Alexander F ^a   Kamm, Christian P ^a   Rösler, Kai M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

NCS; Needle positioning; Neurography; Reproducibility; Sural nerve; Ultrasound guided

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SURAL NERVE; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND GUIDED NEEDLE POSITIONING;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; ELECTRODES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEURAL CONDUCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SURAL NERVE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81555206659     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.22182     Document Type: Article

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