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Assessment of Neuromuscular Function Using Percutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation
Published on: September 13, 2015
Percutaneous sciatic somatosensory evoked potential. A comparison to the transcutaneous response
1Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson 85724.
Abstract:
Cerebral and spinal evoked potentials were recorded in response to percutaneous stimulation of the sciatic nerve at the inferior gluteal crease. To justify the invasiveness of the procedure, a comparison was made to transcutaneous stimulation of the inferior gluteal nerve at the same level.

