Reciprocal inhibition of soleus H-reflex by using implanted electrodes for both conditioning and test stimulation

Author

Takahashi, Hirotatsu ; Itoh, Kenji ; Otsuki, Taisuke ; Yoshimoto, Takamichi

Author_Institution

Dept. of Neurosurg., Tohoku Univ. Sch. of Med., Sendai, Japan

Volume

2

fYear

1996

fDate

31 Oct-3 Nov 1996

Firstpage

611

Abstract

A new recording system was established for the detection of 1a reciprocal inhibition of soleus H-reflex by using the percutaneously implanted electrodes for conditioning and test stimulation those applied to deep peroneal nerve and tibial nerve respectively. This system has its advantage in stable and reliable H-reflex recording even under such conditions as during stimulating other nerves, loading mechanical force and motion in lower extremity. By using this system, the increase of the 1a reciprocal inhibition was detected immediately after TES for common peroneal nerve in hemiplegic patients

Keywords

biomechanics; electrodes; electromyography; neurophysiology; patient diagnosis; patient treatment; EMG; conditioning; deep peroneal nerve; hemiplegic patients; implanted electrodes; motion in lower extremity; percutaneously implanted; reciprocal inhibition; recording system; soleus H-reflex; spasticity; test stimulation; therapeutic electrical stimulation; tibial nerve; Biomedical electrodes; Extremities; Hospitals; Medical tests; Motor drives; Multiple sclerosis; Muscles; Neurosurgery; Spinal cord injury; System testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1996. Bridging Disciplines for Biomedicine. Proceedings of the 18th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Amsterdam

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3811-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.1996.651889

Filename

651889