Diagnostic value of different electrophysiologic tests in cervical disk prolapse
- 1 December 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Neurology
- Vol. 38 (12) , 1879
- https://doi.org/10.1212/wnl.38.12.1879
Abstract
We evaluated 24 patients with radiologically verified cervical disk prolapse. EMG abnormalities appeared in 67% of cases studied; dermatomal somatosensory evoked potentials revealed 85% abnormal findings on the affected side, but also revealed abnormalities in adjacent segments. In 38%, F responses were abnormal. We found electrodiagnostic abnormalities at levels without a disk prolapse, probably due to degenerative spondylopathic changes and beginning consecutive vascular compromise.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Somatosensory evoked response evaluation of cervical spondylytic myelopathyMuscle & Nerve, 1987