Stimulus duration and pain in nerve conduction studies

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 12-16

  Tamura, Akiko ^a,b   Sonoo, Masahiro ^a   Hoshino, Satoshi ^a   Iwanami, Tomoko ^a   Shimada, Hiroyuki ^b   Miki, Takami ^b   Shimizu, Teruo ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Nerve conduction studies; Pain; Stimulus duration; Supramaximal stimulation; Tibial nerve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NERVE STIMULATION DURATION; NEURALGIA; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TIBIAL NERVE; TIME;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; REACTION TIME; TIBIAL NERVE;

EID: 84871340569     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.23446     Document Type: Article

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