Electromyographic Study in 6 Cases with Severe Motor Loss Due to Cervical or Lumbar Radiculopathy

Autor:	Akira Sei, Takashi Ikeda, Katsumasa Takagi, Shin Fukuyama, Takafumi Nakamura, Harumichi Senda
Rok vydání:	1993
Předmět:	body regions medicine.medical_specialty Physical medicine and rehabilitation Disturbance (geology) Lumbar radiculopathy Lumbar business.industry medicine Motor disturbances medicine.symptom musculoskeletal system business Muscle contraction
Zdroj:	Orthopedics & Traumatology. 42:1531-1535
ISSN:	1349-4333 0037-1033
DOI:	10.5035/nishiseisai.42.1531
Popis:	We studied the EMG findings of 6 cases with severe motor disturbance due to cervical or lumbar radiculopathy.All cases were surgically treated. In two cases, preoperative manual muscle test revealed a level of zero. In one of those two cases, preoperative EMG showed muscle contraction. In the case whose preoperative EMG was silent, there was no change in the postoperative EMG. In the other 5 cases motor disturbance improved. EMG changes were recognized 2 days after the operation.It was concluded that EMG is a useful test in qualifying abnormalities when we treat patients with motor disturbances.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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