[Tendon vibrations as a tool for clinical investigation of the myotatic loop].
The degree of alteration of the myotatic loop was evaluated in 6 patients with polyradiculoneuropathy by studying deep reflexes and vibratory motor responses. The results showed that the reflex motor responses induced by vibration reappeared 2 to 4 weeks before the deep reflexes. Vibrations, therefore, could be a useful tool for the clinical follow-up of polyradiculoneuropathy.
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Laboratoire de Neurobiologie Humaine, Université d'Aix-Marseille I Centre de St. Jérôme.
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009132:Muscles / Q000502:physiology*; D011129:Polyradiculoneuropathy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012026:Reflex, Stretch / Q000502:physiology*; D014732:Vibration
Les vibrations tendineuses comme moyen clinique d'exploration de la boucle myotatique.