Acute nerve compression and the compound muscle action potential
Detecting acute nerve compression using neurophysiologic studies is an important part of the practice of clinical intra-operative neurophysiology. The goal of this paper was to study the changes in the compound muscle action potential (CMAP) during acute mechanical compression. This is the type of i...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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BioMed Central
2008
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2245939/ |
| Summary: | Detecting acute nerve compression using neurophysiologic studies is an important part of the practice of clinical intra-operative neurophysiology. The goal of this paper was to study the changes in the compound muscle action potential (CMAP) during acute mechanical compression. This is the type of injury most likely to occur during surgery. Thus, understanding the changes in the CMAP during this type of injury will be useful in the detection and prevention using intra-operative neurophysiologic monitoring. |
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