%0 Journal Article %1 Cahan1987 %A Cahan, L. D. %A Kundi, M. S. %A McPherson, D. %A Starr, A. %A Peacock, W. %D 1987 %J Appl Neurophysiol %K Cerebral Palsy; Child; Child, Preschool; Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory; Female; Humans; Male; Muscle Spasticity; Spinal Nerve Roots %N 1-6 %P 459--462 %T Electrophysiologic studies in selective dorsal rhizotomy for spasticity in children with cerebral palsy. %V 50 %X A group of 20 children with spastic cerebral palsy underwent selective dorsal rhizotomy for alleviation of spasticity. Pre- and postoperatively, cortical somatosensory evoked responses (cSSEP), H reflex and F wave studies were done. Clinically there was dramatic reduction of tone without noticeable sensory loss. The electrophysiologic studies showed several findings: (1) many children have abnormal cSSEP preoperatively; (2) surgery seldom leads to a loss of cSSEP; (3) in many patients, there is a noteworthy improvement in the cSSEP wave form; (4) some children have electrophysiologic evidence of spinal cord dysfunction preoperatively and (5) Hmax/Mmax ratio decreases after surgery confirming decrease in tone.

@article{Cahan1987, abstract = {A group of 20 children with spastic cerebral palsy underwent selective dorsal rhizotomy for alleviation of spasticity. Pre- and postoperatively, cortical somatosensory evoked responses (cSSEP), H reflex and F wave studies were done. Clinically there was dramatic reduction of tone without noticeable sensory loss. The electrophysiologic studies showed several findings: (1) many children have abnormal cSSEP preoperatively; (2) surgery seldom leads to a loss of cSSEP; (3) in many patients, there is a noteworthy improvement in the cSSEP wave form; (4) some children have electrophysiologic evidence of spinal cord dysfunction preoperatively and (5) Hmax/Mmax ratio decreases after surgery confirming decrease in tone.}, added-at = {2014-07-19T19:13:14.000+0200}, author = {Cahan, L. D. and Kundi, M. S. and McPherson, D. and Starr, A. and Peacock, W.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/20e5290824c5e65d60d76c205e135284f/ar0berts}, groups = {public}, interhash = {0deacbc46d754d13df513e12f56e0989}, intrahash = {0e5290824c5e65d60d76c205e135284f}, journal = {Appl Neurophysiol}, keywords = {Cerebral Palsy; Child; Child, Preschool; Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory; Female; Humans; Male; Muscle Spasticity; Spinal Nerve Roots}, number = {1-6}, pages = {459--462}, pmid = {3450247}, timestamp = {2014-07-19T19:13:14.000+0200}, title = {Electrophysiologic studies in selective dorsal rhizotomy for spasticity in children with cerebral palsy.}, username = {ar0berts}, volume = 50, year = 1987 }