Lumbosakral Radikülopatilerin Değerlendirilmesinde Değişik Elektrofizyolojik Yöntemlerin Karşılaştırılması
Nesrin Erman, Serpil Kuyucu, Nebil Yıldız, Henri Griladze, Turgay Bilge
Article No:
9
Article Type :
Research
Electrodiagnostic methods are useful in the investigation of lumbosacral radiculopathies and complemantary to neuroimaging studies. Electrodiagnostic studies determine the lumbosacral involved root, the degree of axon loss or focal demyelination and give some information about duration of involvement, regeneration and prognosis. To define the contributions to the diagnosis, we performed H reflex, needle EMG, electrical root stimulation and dermatomal SEP studies. Each test was compared with others. Needle EMG showed root abnormalities in 68 %. Lumbosacral electrical root stimulation with 52 % and dermatomal SEP with 44 % followed this respectively. At least one abnormal finding rate was 84 %.
Keywords :
Lumbosacral, radiculopathy, electrophysiology, root stimulation, dermatomal SEP, needle EMG, H reflex
Dusunen Adam : The Journal of Psychiatry and Neurological Sciences :
2002;15:51-55
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