Contraction response to muscle percussion: A reappraisal of the mechanism of this bedside test

Czarnetzki, Christoph; Truffert, André; Mekideche, Abdelhafid; Poncet, Antoine; Lysakowski, Christopher; Tramer, Martin; Magistris, Michel R

doi:10.1016/j.clinph.2017.10.013

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Contraction response to muscle percussion: A reappraisal of the mechanism of this bedside test

ContributorsCzarnetzki, Christoph; Truffert, André; Mekideche, Abdelhafid; Poncet, Antoine; Lysakowski, Christopher; Tramer, Martin; Magistris, Michel R

Published inClinical Neurophysiology, vol. 129, no. 1, p. 51-58

Publication date2017

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To study whether the contraction evoked by muscle percussion stems from the excitation of the muscle or of the nerve and to discuss the changes of this response in neuromuscular disorders.

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CZARNETZKI, Christoph et al. Contraction response to muscle percussion: A reappraisal of the mechanism of this bedside test. In: Clinical Neurophysiology, 2017, vol. 129, n° 1, p. 51–58. doi: 10.1016/j.clinph.2017.10.013

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PID : unige:100539
DOI : 10.1016/j.clinph.2017.10.013
PMID : 29145167

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Contraction response to muscle percussion: A reappraisal of the mechanism of this bedside test

To study whether the contraction evoked by muscle percussion stems from the excitation of the muscle or of the nerve and to discuss the changes of this response in neuromuscular disorders.

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