Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9188632 | Clinical Neurophysiology | 2005 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Selective anesthetic blocks of nerve branches to the triceps surae muscle are useful in the assessment of lower limb spasticity and can benefit from H reflex investigation. H reflex recordings showed a preferential susceptibility of muscle spindle afferents to local anesthetics and supported the hypothesis of a prominent role of the soleus muscle in spastic ankle. The clinical and electrophysiological effects induced by anesthetic blocks may help to guide therapeutic interventions, such as neurotomy, neurolysis or botulinum toxin injection.
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Authors
Kevin Buffenoir, Philippe Decq, Jean-Pascal Lefaucheur,