Normative data of F-wave measures in China

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 183-189

  Pan, Hua ^a   Lin, Jinxi ^a   Chen, Na ^a   Jian, Fan ^a   Zhang, Zaiqiang ^a   Ding, Zeyu ^a   Wang, Yongjun ^a   Nobrega, João Antonio Maciel ^b   Kohara, Nobuo ^c   Cui, Liying ^d   Kimura, Jun ^e  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c KOBE CITY MEDICAL CENTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese F wave values; Country specific F wave measures; F wave conduction study; Latency height nomogram; Motor conduction velocity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; F WAVE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PERONEUS NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIAL NERVE; ULNAR NERVE;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; ANTERIOR HORN CELLS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BRAZIL; CHINA; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; TIBIAL NERVE; ULNAR NERVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871448359     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2012.06.001     Document Type: Article

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