[Characteristics of the peripheral neuromotor pathology in Chernobyl accident clean-up personnel late after the accident].
Clinical and electromyographic (EMG) examinations of the Chernobyl wreckers exposed to radiation revealed radiological damage to peripheral nervous system. 10-15 years after the accident they complain of weakness, headache, dizziness, muscle pain. Late damage to the peripheral nervous system manifest with EMG-detected axonal and demyelinating lesions, compression injuries of the peripheral nerves (tunnel syndromes), involvement of spinal cord motor neurons. In wreckers with thyroid lesions tunnel syndromes occur more often.
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D000328:Adult; D004244:Dizziness / Q000209:etiology; D004576:Electromyography; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009046:Motor Neurons / Q000473:pathology; D009468:Neuromuscular Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D017933:Peripheral Nervous System / Q000473:pathology*; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D011210:Power Plants; D018788:Radioactive Hazard Release; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000503:physiopathology; D014455:Ukraine