Validity and reliability of nerve and muscle ultrasound

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 515-521

  Cartwright, Michael S ^a   Demar, Samantha ^a   Griffin, Leah P ^a   Balakrishnan, Nikhil ^a   Harris, Jessica M ^a   Walker, Francis O ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Muscle; Nerve; Reliability; Ultrasound; Validity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MUSCLE; MUSCLE THICKNESS; NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND; VALIDITY;

CADAVER; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORGAN SIZE; PERIPHERAL NERVES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84875606244     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.23621     Document Type: Article

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