Relation between EEG and disability scores in multiple sclerosis.
A disability-scoring and an EEG-spectral analysis was performed in patients suffering from clinically and biochemically (oligoclonal aspect in cerebro-spinal fluid) proven multiple sclerosis at two stages of their illness, that are before and after a short intensive immuno suppressive therapy. In both stages a relationship is found between the degree of disability and the amount of beta activity in the fronto-central area and the amount of the theta activity in the temporal area. Significant improvement in the clinical state of the patient and a marked increase of the mean alpha frequency in the parietooccipital region could be demonstrated after short intensive immunosuppressive therapy.
D000328:Adult; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D004569:Electroencephalography; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008875:Middle Aged; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D013997:Time Factors
D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents