title: Neurophysiological changes in the afferent somatosensory system indices in the case of vertebrogenic spine pathology in miners.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of the paper was to prove that job conditions impact the state of the afferent part of the somatosensory system in miners.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data analysis of the electrophysiological examination of the syndrome in 148 patients, aged from 28 to 55 years, with a mild, moderate and severe degree of the pain syndrome was performed. The control group included 28 people without any pain symptoms. The method used was that of somatosensory stimulated potential (SSP) with the potentials amplitude and latency main components taken into consideration.
  
  
  RESULTS
  It was proven that the true decrease of the somatosensory stimulated potential SSP N22 (p < 0.05) component amplitudes by 41%; N30 component amplitude tend to decrease by 26%. This proves that the true N22 (p < 0.01) component latency increase by 63.8% corresponds to afferent excitation wave conductibility under the pain syndrome of vertebral pathology through sensitivity pathways mainly in the posterior spinal cord columns and then, through the parts of the brain stem, involving the cerebral cortex, which is confirmed by the fact that the P38 and P46 components amplitudes tend to decrease. In addition to this, the proven N10-N13 (p < 0.05), N13-N20 (p < 0.05), N10-N20 (p < 0.05) intervals increases by 43.5-41.8-38.7%, respectively, correspond to the nervous impulse conductibility through the peripheral nervous system structures and allow to reveal the subclinical slowdown of impulse conductibility, which indicates that the conducting system is changed even under a mild pain syndrome.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It was found that the data obtained allow for the better understanding of how the neuropathological pain syndrome under vertebral spine pathology is formed.
authors.affiliation: Ministry of Healthcare of Kazakhstan, Karaganda, Kazakhstan.
authors.forename: Sharbanu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Battakova
authors.forename: Bekkair
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Shraimanov
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000344:Afferent Pathways / Q000503:physiopathology; D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology; D005073:Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory; D006801:Humans; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008906:Mining; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010525:Peripheral Nerves / Q000503:physiopathology; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000503:physiopathology*