Cross sectional area reference values for sonography of peripheral nerves and brachial plexus

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 124, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1881-1888

  Kerasnoudis, Antonios ^a   Pitarokoili, Kalliopi ^a   Behrendt, Volker ^a   Gold, Ralf ^a   Yoon, Min Suk ^a  

^a ST JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Internerve cross sectional area variability; Intranerve; Intraplexus cross sectional area variability; Nerve ultrasound; Reference values

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLA; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELBOW; FEMALE; FIBULA; FOREARM; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIAL NERVE; REFERENCE VALUE; SURAL NERVE; TIBIA; TIBIAL NERVE; ULNA; ULNAR NERVE;

INTERNERVE CROSS SECTIONAL AREA VARIABILITY; INTRANERVE; INTRAPLEXUS CROSS SECTIONAL AREA VARIABILITY; NERVE ULTRASOUND; REFERENCE VALUES;

BODY WEIGHT; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FIBULA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RADIAL NERVE; REFERENCE VALUES; SURAL NERVE; TIBIAL NERVE; ULNAR NERVE; WRIST;

EID: 84881096803     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2013.03.007     Document Type: Article

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