Origin of fasciculations in root lesions

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 870-873

  De Carvalho, Mamede ^a,b   Swash, Michael ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fasciculation potentials; Origin; Reinnervation; Root lesion

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DERMATOME; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FASCICULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR UNIT; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE ROOT LESION; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SPINAL ROOT; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FASCICULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924160467     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2015.02.004     Document Type: Article

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