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H-reflex recovery curve and reciprocal inhibition of H-reflex of the upper limbs in patients with spasticity secondary to stroke. 1995

M Panizza, and P Balbi, and G Russo, and J Nilsson
Laboratory of Clinical Neurophysiology, Fondazione Clinica del Lavoro, IRCCS, Castel Goffredo, Italy.

The H-reflex recovery curve of the lower limb is considered a useful test for the diagnosis of spasticity, and recently the reciprocal inhibition of the H-reflex has proven to be abnormal in patients affected with spasticity. We studied the H-reflex recovery curve and the reciprocal inhibition of the H-reflex in the upper limb of a group of 33 patients with different degrees of spasticity secondary to stroke. Results were compared with those of 25 controls. The aim of this study was to investigate if the two tests showed any direct correlation with the degree of spasticity and, furthermore, with other clinical measures that are present in patients with spasticity as part of an upper motoneuron syndrome (i.e., changes in muscle tone, reflexes, force, etc.). The results showed an abnormality of both tests in most patients (decrease of the three phases of inhibition in the reciprocal inhibition test and increase of the late facilitation part of the H-reflex recovery curve), and these abnormalities seem mostly to be related to muscle tone, most important being the degree of correlation between tone and changes in abnormality of the H-reflex recovery curve (P < 0.03).

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D009128 Muscle Spasticity A form of muscle hypertonia associated with upper MOTOR NEURON DISEASE. Resistance to passive stretch of a spastic muscle results in minimal initial resistance (a "free interval") followed by an incremental increase in muscle tone. Tone increases in proportion to the velocity of stretch. Spasticity is usually accompanied by HYPERREFLEXIA and variable degrees of MUSCLE WEAKNESS. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p54) Clasp-Knife Spasticity,Spastic,Clasp Knife Spasticity,Spasticity, Clasp-Knife,Spasticity, Muscle
D002561 Cerebrovascular Disorders A spectrum of pathological conditions of impaired blood flow in the brain. They can involve vessels (ARTERIES or VEINS) in the CEREBRUM, the CEREBELLUM, and the BRAIN STEM. Major categories include INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; and others. Brain Vascular Disorders,Intracranial Vascular Disorders,Vascular Diseases, Intracranial,Cerebrovascular Diseases,Cerebrovascular Insufficiency,Cerebrovascular Occlusion,Brain Vascular Disorder,Cerebrovascular Disease,Cerebrovascular Disorder,Cerebrovascular Insufficiencies,Cerebrovascular Occlusions,Disease, Cerebrovascular,Diseases, Cerebrovascular,Insufficiencies, Cerebrovascular,Insufficiency, Cerebrovascular,Intracranial Vascular Disease,Intracranial Vascular Diseases,Intracranial Vascular Disorder,Occlusion, Cerebrovascular,Occlusions, Cerebrovascular,Vascular Disease, Intracranial,Vascular Disorder, Brain,Vascular Disorder, Intracranial,Vascular Disorders, Brain,Vascular Disorders, Intracranial
D004594 Electrophysiology The study of the generation and behavior of electrical charges in living organisms particularly the nervous system and the effects of electricity on living organisms.
D005542 Forearm Part of the upper extremity in humans and primates extending from the ELBOW to the WRIST. Antebrachium,Antebrachiums,Forearms
D006181 H-Reflex A monosynaptic reflex elicited by stimulating a nerve, particularly the tibial nerve, with an electric shock. H Reflex,H-Reflexes,H Reflexes,Reflex, H
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly
D000369 Aged, 80 and over Persons 80 years of age and older. Oldest Old

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