Nerve conduction studies in patients with cervical spinal cord injuries.
Twenty-nine patients with cervical spinal cord lesions were tested extensively by upper extremity nerve conduction between 7 days and 15 years postinjury. Certain patients were retested serially to determine if slow progressive lesions occur in this population. Statistically significant abnormalities were found in the periphery, with a time-scale tentatively established as to when these lesions become detectable. Possible late anterior horn cell or motor root lesions were found in 17% of extremities tested.
D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006225:Hand / Q000294:innervation*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008475:Median Nerve / Q000503:physiopathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009043:Motor Activity; D009132:Muscles / Q000294:innervation; D009431:Neural Conduction; D012677:Sensation; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013997:Time Factors; D014459:Ulnar Nerve / Q000503:physiopathology