Author/Editor		Prevec, TS; Denišlič, M
Title		Diagnostic value of somatosensory cerebral evoked potentials to electrical and mechanical stimulation in multiple sclerosis
Type		članek
Source		Neurologija
Vol. and No.		Letnik 39, št. Suppl 1
Publication year		1990
Volume		str. 59-67
Language		eng
Abstract		The aim of the present study was to determine the diagnostic value of mechanically evoked SsCEP in patients with diagnosis of possible and probable MS. Limht taps were delivered to the thenar eminence and the patella or to the sole of the big toe by the electromagnetic hammer. Median nerve at the wrist, peroneal n. at the knee and tibial n. at the ankle were stimulated electrically. The SsCEPs were recorded on the scalp. In 28 patients with possible MS diagnosis the SsCEPs to mechanical stimulation were abnormal to hand stimulation in about 50 percent and in about 20 percent to leg stimulation; and to electrical stimulation in about 5 percent and 25 percent resectively (58 hands and 58 legs were tested). In 20 patients with probable MS diagnosis the SsCEPs to mechanical stimulation were abnormal in hands in about 77 percent and in about 53 percent to leg stimulation; and to electrical stimulation in about 13 percent and 55 percent respectively (38 hands and 38 legs were tested). The most common abnormality was a significant delay (mean + 3 st.d.) of P25 peak to hand stimulation and of P40 peak to leg stimulation.
Descriptors		EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS ADULT LEG HAND ELECTRIC STIMULATION PHYSICAL STIMULATION