Electrophysiology of radiculopathies

Evidence-Based Medicine

1992 • 3,963 citations

Abnormal magnetic-resonance scans of the cervical spine in asymptomatic subjects. A prospective investigation.

1990 • 2,436 citations

Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Lumbar Spine in People without Back Pain

1994 • 2,325 citations

Abnormal magnetic-resonance scans of the lumbar spine in asymptomatic subjects. A prospective investigation.

1990 • 1,965 citations

New Developments in Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology.

1974 • 1,588 citations

Low Back Pain

2001 • 1,549 citations

Evoked Potentials in Clinical Medicine

1982 • 1,148 citations

Back Pain and Sciatica

1988 • 1,083 citations

A Study of Computer-Assisted Tomography

1984 • 718 citations

Abnormal Magnetic-Resonance Scans of the Lumbar Spine in Asymptomatic Subjects

1990 • 683 citations

The Innervation of the Lumbar Spine

1983 • 515 citations

Pathoanatomy and Pathophysiology of Nerve Root Compression

1984 • 496 citations

MR imaging of the lumbar spine: prevalence of intervertebral disk extrusion and sequestration, nerve root compression, end plate abnormalities, and osteoarthritis of the facet joints in asymptomatic volunteers.

1998 • 495 citations

Patient Outcomes After Lumbar Spinal Fusions

1992 • 494 citations

Evidence-based medicine. A new approach to teaching the practice of medicine. Evidence-Based Medicine Working Group

1992 • 441 citations

Electrodiagnosis in Clinical Neurology

2005 • 384 citations

Evoked potentials in clinical medicine

1990 • 383 citations

Monosynaptic and oligosynaptic contributions to human ankle jerk and H-reflex

1984 • 364 citations

Abnormal Myelograms in Asymptomatic Patients

1968 • 358 citations

Seven- to 10-year Outcome of Decompressive Surgery for Degenerative Lumbar Spinal Stenosis

1996 • 353 citations

AAEM minimonograph #13: H reflexes and F waves: Physiology and clinical indications

1992 • 288 citations

Sciatica and the Intervertebral Disc

1958 • 275 citations

Edema formation in spinal nerve roots induced by experimental, graded compression. An experimental study on the pig cauda equina with special reference to differences in effects between rapid and slow onset of compression.

1989 • 274 citations

Cross-excitation in dorsal root ganglia of nerve-injured and intact rats

1990 • 270 citations

Seven- to 20-Year Outcome of Lumbar Discectomy

1999 • 267 citations

Annular tears and disk herniation: prevalence and contrast enhancement on MR images in the absence of low back pain or sciatica.

1998 • 264 citations

The afferent volleys responsible for spinal proprioceptive reflexes in man

1983 • 263 citations

Action Potential Parameters in Normal Human Muscle and their Dependence on Physical Variables.

1954 • 259 citations

Clinical Electromyography

1993 • 257 citations

Surgery for degenerative lumbar spondylosis

2005 • 256 citations

Neurologic Complications of Anterior Cervical Interbody Fusion

1982 • 255 citations

AAEM Minimonograph 32: The electrodiagnostic examination in patients with radiculopathies

1998 • 248 citations

The Innervation of the Cervical Intervertebral Discs

1988 • 248 citations

Edema Formation in Spinal Nerve Roots Induced by Experimental, Graded Compression

1989 • 232 citations

Electrical stimulation over the human vertebral column: which neural elements are excited?

1986 • 228 citations

A Prospective and Consecutive Study of Surgically Treated Lumbar Spinal Stenosis

1997 • 212 citations

Electrodiagnostic Medicine

1996 • 178 citations

The results of operations on the lumbar spine in patients who have diabetes mellitus.

1993 • 171 citations

Electrophysiologic evaluation of lumbosacral radiculopathies

1985 • 169 citations

F-waves in clinical neurophysiology: a review, methodological issues and overall value in peripheral neuropathies

1996 • 165 citations

Electrodiagnosis in Clinical Neurology

2000 • 152 citations

Uber die Beziehungen der Sehnenreflexe zur willkurichen Bewegung und zum Tonus

1918 • 149 citations

Long-term follow-up review of patients who underwent laminectomy for lumbar stenosis: a prospective study

1998 • 148 citations

Standardization of H reflex and diagnostic use in Sl radiculopathy.

1974 • 148 citations

Electromyography and magnetic resonance imaging in the evaluation of radiculopathy

1999 • 146 citations

Magnetic nerve stimulation: the effect of waveform on efficiency, determination of neural membrane time constants and the measurement of stimulator output.

1991 • 145 citations

Elective discectomy for herniation of a lumbar disc. Additional experience with an objective method.

1990 • 138 citations

Cervical radiculopathies

1996 • 130 citations

Percutaneous electrical stimulation of lumbosacral roots in man.

1988 • 130 citations

Lumbar Disc Disease

1991 • 129 citations

A comparison of magnetic and electrical stimulation of spinal nerves

1990 • 126 citations

Anatomy and Significance of Fixation of the Lumbosacral Nerve Roots in Sciatica

1983 • 126 citations

Usefulness of electrophysiological studies in the diagnosis of lumbosacral root disease

1981 • 125 citations

The relative diagnostic sensitivity of different F‐wave parameters in various polyneuropathies

1992 • 123 citations

Relation between size of compound sensory or muscle action potentials, and length of nerve segment

1986 • 121 citations

Posture-dependent Bilateral Compression of L4 or L5 Nerve Roots in Facet Hypertrophy

1987 • 117 citations

Anomalies of the lumbosacral nerve roots. An anatomical investigation and myelographic study

1984 • 115 citations

Outcome after laminectomy for lumbar spinal stenosis

1994 • 110 citations

Single Fiber Electromyography

2006 • 107 citations

Fibrillation potential amplitude and muscle atrophy following peripheral nerve injury

1990 • 107 citations

Electrophysiologic mapping of the segmental anatomy of the muscles of the lower extremity

1991 • 106 citations

Clinical use of the magnetic stimulator in the investigation of peripheral conduction time

1990 • 105 citations

Measurement of the electric field induced into inhomogeneous volume conductors by magnetic coils: application to human spinal neurogeometry

1991 • 105 citations

The subarachnoid angle: An area of transition in peripheral nerve

1969 • 105 citations

Anatomic and Radiographic Study of Dorsal Root Ganglia

1994 • 104 citations

Effects of Magnitude and Duration of Compression on Spinal Nerve Root Conduction

1992 • 103 citations

Comparative Value of Electromyographic, Myelographic and Clinical-Neurological Examinations in Diagnosis of Lumbar Root Compression Syndrome

1961 • 102 citations

Patient outcomes after lumbar spinal fusions

1992 • 100 citations

Evaluation of Radiculopathies by Segmental Stimulation and Somatosensory Evoked Potentials

1983 • 99 citations

Optimal stimulus duration for the H reflex

1989 • 99 citations

A technique for needle localization in paraspinal muscles with cadaveric confirmation

1991 • 97 citations

F chronodispersion: A new electrophysiologic method

1979 • 94 citations

The prevalence of lumbar paraspinal spontaneous activity in asymptomatic subjects

1996 • 93 citations

Dermatomal somatosensory evoked potentials unilateral lumbosacral radiculopathy

1985 • 92 citations

Electromyography in paraspinal muscles following surgery for root compression.

1975 • 91 citations

DETERMINATION OF THE SEGMENTAL SENSORY AND MOTOR INNERVATION OF THE LUMBOSACRAL SPINAL NERVES: AN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL STUDY

1992 • 90 citations

Sensory nerve stimulation and evoked cerebral potentials

1980 • 90 citations

“End‐plate noise” in electromyography

1970 • 87 citations

Cervical root stimulation in the diagnosis of radiculopathy

1987 • 87 citations

Report of the 1985 ISSLS Traveling Fellowship: Mechanisms of Spinal Pain

1986 • 87 citations

Surface recording of the H‐reflex of the flexor carpi radialis

1981 • 86 citations

Patient Selection for Lumbar Discectomy

1979 • 84 citations

Thoracic root pain in diabetes: The spectrum of clinical and electromyographic findings

1982 • 84 citations

Short-Latency Somatosensory-Evoked Potentials From Radial, Median, Ulnar, and Peroneal Nerve Stimulation in the Assessment of Cervical Spondylosis

1986 • 78 citations

F-responses: a study of frequency, shape and amplitude characteristics in healthy control subjects.

1985 • 77 citations

Scapulothoracic arthrodesis for patients who have fascioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy.

1990 • 77 citations

Normative F wave values and the number of recorded F waves

1994 • 74 citations

Central nervous system amplification

1982 • 74 citations

Clinical experience with paraspinal mapping. II: A simplified technique that eliminates three-fourths of needle insertions

1997 • 73 citations

F response latency determination

1982 • 71 citations

Organization of intrathecal nerve roots at the level of the conus medullaris.

1990 • 71 citations

Paraspinal mapping: Quantified needle electromyography in lumbar radiculopathy

1993 • 71 citations

A Preoperative and Postoperative Study of the Accuracy and Value of Electrodiagnosis in Patients with Lumbosacral Disc Herniation

1993 • 71 citations

Cervical radiculitis: treatment and results in 82 patients.

1976 • 69 citations

Magnetic and electrical stimulation of cervical motor roots: technique, site and mechanisms of excitation.

1990 • 66 citations

L5 radiculopathy with reduced superficial peroneal sensory responses: Intraspinal and extraspinal causes

1998 • 66 citations

Surgery for degenerative lumbar spondylosis

2000 • 65 citations

Results of Elective Lumbar Discectomy for Patients Involved in the Workers?? Compensation System

1998 • 64 citations

An Electrophysiological Method for Examining Lumbosacral Root Compression

1977 • 64 citations

Characteristics of the F response: a single motor unit study.

1979 • 64 citations

Slowed motor conduction in lumbosacral nerve roots in cauda equina lesions: a new diagnostic technique.

1986 • 64 citations

Evaluation of the dermatomal somatosensory evoked potential in the diagnosis of lumbo-sacral root compression.

1987 • 63 citations

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY IN DIAGNOSIS OF NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION SYNDROME

1950 • 63 citations

Prevalence of Denervation in Paraspinal and Foot Intrinsic Musculature

2001 • 63 citations

Somatosensory evoked potentials from posterior tibial nerve and lumbosacral dermatomes

1986 • 62 citations

Percutaneous magnetic coil stimulation of human cervical vertebral column: site of stimulation and clinical application

1991 • 61 citations

A new method using neuromagnetic stimulation to measure conduction time within the cauda equina

1996 • 61 citations

Cervical magnetic stimulation: The role of the neural foramen

1991 • 60 citations

Quantitative studies of F responses in Guillain-Barré syndrome and chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy

1994 • 60 citations

Single Fiber Electromyography

1995 • 60 citations

Magnetic stimulation in the diagnosis of lumbosacral radiculopathy.

1989 • 59 citations

Dermatomal somatosensory evoked potentials: cervical, thoracic, and lumbosacral levels

1992 • 57 citations

Positions of Dorsal Root Ganglia in the Cervical Spine

1996 • 55 citations

Fibrillation potentials, positive sharp waves and fasciculation in the intrinsic muscles of the foot in healthy subjects.

1983 • 55 citations

POSTURAL EFFECTS ON F WAVE PARAMETERS IN LUMBOSACRAL ROOT COMPRESSION AND CANAL STENOSIS

1988 • 54 citations

Electromyographic findings in the intrinsic muscles of normal feet.

1982 • 54 citations

F-response behaviour in a control population.

1985 • 54 citations

Clinical and electrophysiological appraisal of the significance of radicular injury in back pain.

1978 • 54 citations

The flexor carpi radialis H-reflex in lesions of the sixth and seventh cervical nerve roots.

1985 • 54 citations

Variation of motor unit size in the human extensor digitorum brevis and thenar muscles

1974 • 54 citations

The flexor carpi radialis H-reflex in polyneuropathy: relations to conduction velocities of the median nerve and the soleus H-reflex latency.

1987 • 53 citations

Clinical experience with paraspinal mapping. I: Neurophysiology of the paraspinal muscles in various spinal disorders

1997 • 51 citations

Peripheral Nerve Injuries

1947 • 51 citations

Lumbosacral nerve root stimulation comparing electrical with surface magnetic coil techniques

1992 • 50 citations

Dorsal Root Ganglia in the Lumbosacral Region Observed from the Axial Views of MRI

1993 • 49 citations

Diagnostic value of electrophysiological tests in patients with sciatica

2000 • 48 citations

Segmental H-reflex studies in upper and lower limbs of patients with radiculopathy.

1990 • 47 citations

Dermatomal somatosensory evoked potentials in the diagnosis of lumbosacral spinal stenosis: Comparison with imaging studies

1992 • 46 citations

F-wave normative studies in different nerves of healthy subjects

1993 • 45 citations

Computed Tomography of Lumbosacral Conjoined Nerve Root Anomalies

1985 • 44 citations

Electromyographic determination of motor root levels in erector spinae muscles.

1966 • 43 citations

The value of magnetic stimulation in the diagnosis of radiculopathies

1993 • 42 citations

Motor and Somatosensory Conduction in Cervical Myelopathy and Radiculopathy

1995 • 42 citations

Normal limits of side-to-side H-reflex amplitude variability

1994 • 41 citations

The Knee–Elbow Position in Lumbar Disc Surgery: A Review of Complications

1983 • 40 citations

On the Usefulness of Somatosensory Evoked Responses for the Evaluation of Lower Back Pain

1986 • 40 citations

Electrophysiological appraisal of relative segmental motoneurone pool excitability in flexor and extensor.

1978 • 40 citations

The optimal current direction for excitation of human cervical motor roots with a double coil magnetic stimulator

1993 • 39 citations

H-reflex and F-wave potentials in leg and arm muscles.

1995 • 37 citations

Somatosensory Evoked Potentials

2006 • 36 citations

Diabetic thoracic radiculopathy: Electrodiagnostic study

1986 • 36 citations

Extinction of the Hoffman reflex by antidromic conduction

1976 • 35 citations

Magnetic coil stimulation of the human lumbosacral vertebral column: site of stimulation and clinical application

1993 • 35 citations

Analysis of Early Failures After Lumbar Decompressive Laminectomy for Spinal Stenosis

1995 • 35 citations

Spinal segmental somatosensory evoked potentials in lumbosacral radiculopathies

1989 • 34 citations

F-wave study in patients with lumbosacral radiculopathies.

1997 • 33 citations

H reflex in S-1 radiculopathy: Latency versus amplitude controversy revisited

1996 • 33 citations

Neurologic manifestations of compressive radiculopathy of the first thoracic root

1999 • 32 citations

LUMBOSACRAL RADICULOPATHY SCREEN

1994 • 31 citations

Comparison of motor conduction abnormalities in lumbosacral radiculopathy and axonal polyneuropathy

1999 • 31 citations

Somatosensory evoked potentials following nerve and segmental stimulation do not confirm cervical radiculopathy with sensory deficit.

1988 • 31 citations

The cervical radiculopathy screen: Optimizing the number of muscles studied

1996 • 30 citations

Somatosensory evoked potentials: Clinical uses

1998 • 30 citations

Somatosensory Evoked Potential to Peroneal Nerve Stimulation in Patients with Herniated Lumbar Discs

1982 • 30 citations

Somatosensory evoked potentials in the evaluation of lumbosacral radiculopathy

1992 • 28 citations

NORMAL RANGE FOR H-REFLEX RECORDING FROM THE CALF MUSCLES1

1999 • 28 citations

MEDIAN NERVE F-WAVE LATENCIES RECORDED FROM THE ABDUCTOR POLLICIS BREVIS1

1999 • 28 citations

Diffuse abnormal electromyographic insertional activity: a preliminary report.

1979 • 27 citations

Comparison of late responses, EMG studies, and motor evoked potentials (MEPs) in acute lumbosacral radiculopathies

1995 • 27 citations

Cervical radiculopathies: Relationship between symptom duration and spontaneous EMG activity

1999 • 27 citations

Clinical electromyography, 2nd ed

1994 • 26 citations

Extensor digitorum brevis reflex in normals and patients with radiculopathies

1995 • 25 citations

Nerve Root compression: correlation of electromyographic, myelographic, and surgical findings.

1972 • 25 citations

The importance of sample size for the estimation of F wave latency parameters in the peroneal nerve

1996 • 24 citations

Symptom Duration and Spontaneous Activity in Lumbosacral Radiculopathy

2000 • 23 citations

Transcutaneous magnetic and electrical stimulation over the cervical spine: excitation of plexus roots-rather than spinal roots.

1991 • 22 citations

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY AS A METHOD FOR DETERMINATION OF LEVEL OF LESIONS IN THE SPINAL CORD

1944 • 22 citations

Lumbosacral radioculopathy: review of 100 consecutive cases.

1981 • 22 citations

RESULTS OF LUMBAR DISK SURGERY IN A CITY COMPENSATION POPULATION

1995 • 21 citations

F tacheodispersion.

1993 • 21 citations

Spontaneous EMG activity in the extensor digitorum brevis and abductor hallucis muscles in normal subjects

1994 • 21 citations

LOW BACK PAIN

1999 • 20 citations

PERONEAL NERVE F-WAVE LATENCIES RECORDED FROM THE EXTENSOR DIGITORUM BREVIS1

1999 • 20 citations

Reliability Determination of F Mean Response Latency

1993 • 20 citations

Structural properties of spinal nerve roots: Protein composition

1986 • 20 citations

TIBIAL NERVE F-WAVES RECORDED FROM THE ABDUCTOR HALLUCIS1

1999 • 20 citations

Digital nerve somatosensory evoked potentials and flexor carpi radialis H reflexes in cervical disc protrusion and involvement of the sixth or seventh cervical root: relations to clinical and myelographic findings

1988 • 20 citations

ULNAR NERVE F-WAVE LATENCIES RECORDED FROM THE ABDUCTOR DIGITI MINIMI1

1999 • 19 citations

Motor evoked responses after lumbar spinal stimulation in patients with L5 or S1 radicular involvement

1989 • 19 citations

Electromyographic findings in chronic cervical radicular syndromes.

1968 • 19 citations

Electromyographic insertional activity in normal limb muscles.

1979 • 18 citations

Electromyographic Abnormalities Following Myelography

1979 • 17 citations

Complications of Surgery for Discogenic Disease of the Spine

1993 • 17 citations

Electrophysiologic Evaluation of Intermittent Sacral Nerve Dysfunction in Lumbar Spinal Canal Stenosis

1993 • 16 citations

Nerve Root Conduction Studies During Lumbar Disc Surgery

1968 • 16 citations

The ankle jerk and the tibial H-reflex: a clinical and electrophysiological correlation.

1994 • 15 citations

Spinal somatosensory evoked potentials following segmental sensory stimulation. A direct measure of dorsal root function

1988 • 15 citations

F-wave: sample size and normative values.

1997 • 15 citations

Electromyographic insertional activity mechanically provoked in the biceps brachii.

1977 • 15 citations

Value of polyphasic potentials in diagnosis of lumbar root lesions.

1970 • 14 citations

Occurrence of transient positive sharp wave like activity in the paraspinal muscles following lumbar puncture.

1982 • 13 citations

Myasthenic U‐shaped decrement in multifocal cervical radiculopathy

1989 • 13 citations

Clinical value of F-wave studies.

1978 • 12 citations

Follow-up study on F-wave in patients with lumbosacral radiculopathy. Comparison between before and after surgery.

1996 • 12 citations

Selection of Patients for Surgery

1993 • 10 citations

Analysis of Early Failures After Lumbar Decompressive Laminectomy for Spinal Stenosis

1995 • 10 citations

Peripheral nerve injuries

1974 • 8 citations

IMPORTANCE OF PARASPINAL MUSCLE ELECTROMYOGRAPHY IN CERVICAL AND LUMBOSACRAL RADICULOPATHIES

1995 • 7 citations

Root mean square voltage/turns in chronic neuropathies is related to increase in fiber density

1997 • 7 citations

Somatosensory evoked potentials (cutaneous nerve stimulation) and electromyography in lumbosacral radiculopathy

1992 • 7 citations

Radicular derivation of sensory action potentials in lower extremity.

1981 • 6 citations

Vrms/T quantitation: usefulness in patients with neuropathies

1995 • 5 citations