Axon Count and Sympathetic Skin Responses in Lumbosacral Radiculopathy

Erdem Tilki H., Coskun M., Akdemir N. U., İncesu L.

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NEUROLOGY, vol.10, no.1, pp.10-16, 2014 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 10 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2014
  • Doi Number: 10.3988/jcn.2014.10.1.10
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NEUROLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.10-16
  • Keywords: lumbosacral radiculopathy, nerve conduction study, quantitative electromyography, motor unit number estimation, sympathetic skin response, CARPAL-TUNNEL-SYNDROME, UPPER-LIMB, NEUROPATHY, SYMPTOMS, DISEASE, NUMBER
  • Ondokuz Mayıs University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background and Purpose Electrodiagnostic studies can be used to confirm the diagnosis of lumbosacral radiculopathies, but more sensitive diagnostic methods are often needed to measure the ensuing motor neuronal loss and sympathetic failure.