Electrophysiological diagnosis using sensory nerve action potential for the intraforaminal and extraforaminal L5 nerve root entrapment

European Spine Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 833-839

  Ando, Muneharu ^a   Tamaki, Tetsuya ^a   Kawakami, Mamoru ^b   Minamide, Akihito ^b   Nakagawa, Yukihiro ^b   Maio, Kazuhiro ^b   Enyo, Yoshio ^b   Yoshida, Munehito ^b  

^a WAKAYAMA ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electrodiagnosis; Intraforaminal and extraforaminal root entrapment; L5 radiculopathy; Sensory nerve action potential

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINAL STENOSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELOGRAPHY; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE ROOT; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERONEUS NERVE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY NERVE ACTION POTENTIAL; SUPERFICIAL PERONEAL NERVE; SYMPTOM; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GANGLIA, SPINAL; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; RADICULOPATHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SPINAL CANAL; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SPINAL STENOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84886751312     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-012-2592-5     Document Type: Article

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