Visualization of the diaphragm muscle with ultrasound improves diagnostic accuracy of phrenic nerve conduction studies

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 669-675

  Johnson, Nicholas E ^a   Utz, Michael ^b   Patrick, Erica ^a   Rheinwald, Nicole ^a   Downs, Marlene ^a   Dilek, Nuran ^a   Dogra, Vikram ^b   Logigian, Eric L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diaphragm ultrasound; Nerve conduction studies; Phrenic nerve conduction study; Phrenic neuropathy; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

DIAPHRAGM ULTRASOUND; NERVE CONDUCTION STUDIES; PHRENIC NERVE CONDUCTION STUDY; PHRENIC NEUROPATHY; ULTRASOUND;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIAPHRAGM; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PHRENIC NERVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84898812292     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.24059     Document Type: Article

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