Utility of flexor carpi radialis h-reflex in diagnosis of cervical radiculopathy. 2009

Dariush Eliaspour, and Ehsan Sanati, and Mohammad Reza Hedayati Moqadam, and Seyed Mansoor Rayegani, and Mohammad Hasan Bahrami
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Shahid Beheshti University, MC, Shohada Hospital, Tajrish Square, Tehran, Iran. d.eliaspour@yahoo.com

OBJECTIVE The sixth and seventh roots are among the most common roots involved in cervical radiculopathy. The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic value of flexor carpi radialis H-reflex in patients with suspected C6 or C7 root lesion. METHODS This study was performed on 42 controls and 38 patients with suspected C6 or C7 radiculopathy. All patients were evaluated by physical examination, electromyogram, nerve conduction study and flexor carpi radialis H-reflex (superficial technique), and cervical magnetic resonance imaging. Side-to-side difference >1 millisecond or ipsilateral absent H-responses is considered as an abnormal response. Results were analyzed with SPSS. RESULTS Specificity and sensitivity of H-reflex are 86% and 50% in C6 radiculopathy and 86% and 75% in C7, respectively. In six (54.5%) patients without electromyogram finding, flexor carpi radialis H-response was ipsilaterally abnormal. The mean of H-latency in control group was 15.7 (+/-1) milliseconds, and mean of side-to-side H-latency difference in this group was 0.43 (+/-0.39) milliseconds. CONCLUSIONS Flexor carpi radialis H-reflex can be a helpful additional technique to routine needle electromyogram in the diagnosis of root lesions. The probability of abnormal flexor carpi radialis H-reflex in C7 root lesion is higher than that of C6 root lesion; however, it was not statistically significant.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007839 Functional Laterality Behavioral manifestations of cerebral dominance in which there is preferential use and superior functioning of either the left or the right side, as in the preferred use of the right hand or right foot. Ambidexterity,Behavioral Laterality,Handedness,Laterality of Motor Control,Mirror Writing,Laterality, Behavioral,Laterality, Functional,Mirror Writings,Motor Control Laterality,Writing, Mirror,Writings, Mirror
D008279 Magnetic Resonance Imaging Non-invasive method of demonstrating internal anatomy based on the principle that atomic nuclei in a strong magnetic field absorb pulses of radiofrequency energy and emit them as radiowaves which can be reconstructed into computerized images. The concept includes proton spin tomographic techniques. Chemical Shift Imaging,MR Tomography,MRI Scans,MRI, Functional,Magnetic Resonance Image,Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Functional,Magnetization Transfer Contrast Imaging,NMR Imaging,NMR Tomography,Tomography, NMR,Tomography, Proton Spin,fMRI,Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging,Imaging, Chemical Shift,Proton Spin Tomography,Spin Echo Imaging,Steady-State Free Precession MRI,Tomography, MR,Zeugmatography,Chemical Shift Imagings,Echo Imaging, Spin,Echo Imagings, Spin,Functional MRI,Functional MRIs,Image, Magnetic Resonance,Imaging, Magnetic Resonance,Imaging, NMR,Imaging, Spin Echo,Imagings, Chemical Shift,Imagings, Spin Echo,MRI Scan,MRIs, Functional,Magnetic Resonance Images,Resonance Image, Magnetic,Scan, MRI,Scans, MRI,Shift Imaging, Chemical,Shift Imagings, Chemical,Spin Echo Imagings,Steady State Free Precession MRI
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D009431 Neural Conduction The propagation of the NERVE IMPULSE along the nerve away from the site of an excitation stimulus. Nerve Conduction,Conduction, Nerve,Conduction, Neural,Conductions, Nerve,Conductions, Neural,Nerve Conductions,Neural Conductions
D010808 Physical Examination Systematic and thorough inspection of the patient for physical signs of disease or abnormality. Physical Exam,Examination, Physical,Physical Examinations and Diagnoses,Exam, Physical,Examinations, Physical,Exams, Physical,Physical Examinations,Physical Exams
D011843 Radiculopathy Disease involving a spinal nerve root (see SPINAL NERVE ROOTS) which may result from compression related to INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL DISEASES; and other conditions. Clinical manifestations include radicular pain, weakness, and sensory loss referable to structures innervated by the involved nerve root. Nerve Root Avulsion,Nerve Root Compression,Nerve Root Disorder,Radiculitis,Nerve Root Inflammation,Radiculopathy, Cervical,Avulsion, Nerve Root,Avulsions, Nerve Root,Cervical Radiculopathies,Cervical Radiculopathy,Compression, Nerve Root,Compressions, Nerve Root,Inflammation, Nerve Root,Nerve Root Avulsions,Nerve Root Compressions,Nerve Root Disorders,Nerve Root Inflammations,Radiculitides,Radiculopathies,Radiculopathies, Cervical
D011930 Reaction Time The time from the onset of a stimulus until a response is observed. Response Latency,Response Speed,Response Time,Latency, Response,Reaction Times,Response Latencies,Response Times,Speed, Response,Speeds, Response
D004576 Electromyography Recording of the changes in electric potential of muscle by means of surface or needle electrodes. Electromyogram,Surface Electromyography,Electromyograms,Electromyographies,Electromyographies, Surface,Electromyography, Surface,Surface Electromyographies
D005260 Female Females

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