title: Fast dynamics of voluntary muscle strength and motor evoked potentials after traction therapy in patient with lumbosacral root lesion.
abstract: A fast restoration of impared voluntary muscle strength after traction treatment in a patient with lumbosacral radiculopathy have been evaluated. Motor Evoked Potentials (MEPs) have shown that a conduction block at the root can pay a role for long standing muscle weakness. After root decompression the effect of partial overcome of the conduction block was seen while at the end of treatment there was no evidence of impared motor function. It was concluded that traction therapy is a good alternative for surgery in patients with motor deficit and importance of MEPs in evaluation root disfunction is discussed.
authors.affiliation: National Center of Rehabilitation, Pavel Banyu, Bulgaria.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Guechev
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Guechev
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D019054:Evoked Potentials, Motor; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D013126:Spinal Nerve Roots / Q000503:physiopathology; D014143:Traction