Cross-sectional area reference values of nerves in the lower extremities using ultrasonography

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 564-570

  Seok, Hung Youl ^a   Jang, Jae Hong ^a   Won, Sun Jae ^b   Yoon, Joon Shik ^a   Park, Kyung Seok ^c   Kim, Byung Jo ^a  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cross sectional area; Lower extremity; Nerve ultrasound; Normal; Reference values

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COMMON FIBULAR NERVE; CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; DEMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; KOREAN (PEOPLE); LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; POSTERIOR TIBIAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SCIATIC NERVE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURAL NERVE; ANATOMY; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; INNERVATION; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PERIPHERAL NERVES; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922481499     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.24209     Document Type: Article

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