scholarly journals Somatosensory evoked potentials(SEP) in stroke patients. Correlations between SEP classification, CT findings, and sensory deficit.

1990 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
pp. 473-483
Author(s):  
Eiichi SAITOH
Author(s):  
Andrew Eisen ◽  
Maureen Hoirch ◽  
Alex Moll

SUMMARY:Thirty-six patients with suspected or myelographically proven radiculopathies were investigated with motor and sensory conductions, F-waves, needle electromyography, and somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs). SEPs were elicited by cutaneous nerve stimulation representative of input from individual cervical and lumbosacral dorsal roots. A myelographic defect was present in 83% of 30 patients who had myelograms. Overall 78% of patients had one or more abnormal electrophysiologic tests, the needle EMG giving the best diagnostic yield (75%). F-waves and SEPs were abnormal in 43% and 57% of cases respectively. Motor deficit correlated best with abnormal EMGs, whilst abnormal SEPs occurred most frequently when sensory deficit predominated. Prolonged latency of the SEP occurred rarely, reduced amplitude or abnormal morphology being the most useful characteristics. SEPs evoked by cutaneous nerve stimulation are a useful addition to conventionally available electrophysiological methods of evaluating radiculopathies, especially in the absence of motor deficit.


2019 ◽  
Vol 130 (7) ◽  
pp. e98
Author(s):  
Nikola Blazevic ◽  
Magdalena Krbot Skoric ◽  
Zdravka Poljaković ◽  
Svjetlana Supe ◽  
Vesna Matijević ◽  
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