ISSN:
1432-1459
Keywords:
Long-latency reflexes
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Mechanically evoked cortical potentials
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Somatosensory evoked potentials
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Transcranial magnetic stimulation
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Summary Twenty-two patients with localized lesions of the central nervous system (unilateral cerebral ischaemia, cervical myelopathy, spinal tumour, familial spastic paraplegia) underwent neurophysiological evaluation of sensorimotor deficits of the leg. Functional methods using muscle stretch as stimulus, i.e. long-latency muscle responses and cortical potentials evoked by dorsiflection of the foot, were compared with transcranial magnetic stimulation and somatosensory evoked cortical potentials following electrical stimulation of the posterior tibial nerve. The functional neurophysiological methods yielded no diagnostic superiority with respect to the procedures using artificial (i.e. magnetic and electrical) stimulation. However, in most cases of missing compound motor action potentials following transcranial magnetic stimulation or missing electrically evoked cortical potentials, the long-latency muscle responses still allowed quantitative assessment of sensorimotor function.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00839143
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