PM&R
Volume 1, Issue 2 , Pages 101-106 , February 2009

Normal Motor Nerve Conduction Studies Using Surface Electrode Recording from the Supraspinatus, Infraspinatus, Deltoid, and Biceps

  • Ralph Michael Buschbacher, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN⁎
    • ,
  • Susan Karolyi Weir, MD

      Affiliations

    • LMT Rehabilitation Associates, PC, William Beaumont Hospital, 3535 W 13 Mile Rd, Ste 437, Royal Oak, MI 48073⁎
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to S.K.W.
    • ,
  • John Greg Bentley, MD

      Affiliations

    • Rex Hospital, Raleigh, NC⁎
    • ,
  • Erika Cottrell, MD

      Affiliations

    • Integra Health Care, Indianapolis⁎

Received 14 April 2008 ,Accepted 7 August 2008.

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PII: S1934-1482(08)00009-9

doi: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2008.08.002

PM&R
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