Reliability and Repeatability of the Hoffmann Sign

PM and R

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 498-503

  Annaswamy, Thiru M ^a   Sakai, Tomoya ^b   Goetz, Lance L ^c   Pacheco, Fides M ^a   Ozarkar, Tejas ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Spine and Pain Institute of New England   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FLEXOR REFLEX; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HOFFMANN SIGN; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SYMPTOM;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARAPLEGIA; QUADRIPLEGIA; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84863876698     PISSN: 19341482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2012.02.019     Document Type: Article

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