Anatomic and technical considerations in needle electromyography of the lumbar spine

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 795-814

  Frank, L W ^a   Schneider, D S ^a   Zuhosky, J E ^a  

^a Chicago Institute of Neurosurgery and Neuroresearch   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR SPINE; NEEDLE; NONHUMAN; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; SPINAL NERVE;

EID: 0031765727     PISSN: 10479651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1047-9651(18)30234-1     Document Type: Article

References (76)

1. C.C. Arnoldi A.E. Brodsky J. Cauchoix Lumbar spinal stenosis and nerve root entrapment syndromes. Definition and classification Clin Orthop 115 1976 4 5
2. R. Benecke B. Conrad The distal sensory nerve action potential as a diagnostic tool for the differentiation of lesions in dorsal roots and peripheral nerves J Neurology 223 1980 231 239
3. J.M. Berthelot J. Delecrin Y. Maugars A potentially underrecognized and treatable cause of chronic back pain: Entrapment neuropathy of the cluneal nerves J Rheumatol 23 1996 2179 2181
4. S.D. Boden D.O. Davis T.S. Dina Abnormal magnetic resonance scans of the lumbar spine in asymptomatic subjects J Bone Joint Surg 72A 1990 403 408
5. N. Bogduk L.T. Twomey Clinical Anatomy of the Lumbar Spine 1987 New York Churchill Livingstone
6. N. Bogduk A.S. Wilson W. Tynan The human lumbar dorsal rami J Anat 134 1982 383 397
7. N. Bogduk A reappraisal of the anatomy of the human erector spinae J Anat 134 1980 383 397
8. N. Bogduk The lumbar mamilloaccessory ligament. Its anatomical and neurosurgical significance Spine 6 1981 162 167
9. G.M. Bove A.R. Light Unmyelinated nociceptors of rat paraspinal tissues J Neurophysiol 73 1995 1752 1762
10. B. Bugdell K. Noda A. Sato Innervation of posterior structures in the lumbar spine of the rat J Manipulative Physiol Ther 20 1997 359 368
11. J.M. Cavanaugh A. El-Bohy W.N. Hardy Sensory innervation of soft tissues of the lumbar spine in the rat J Orthop Res 7 1989 378 388
12. S. Chokroverty M.G. Reyes F.A. Rubino The syndrome of diabetic amyotrophy Ann Neurol 2 1977 181 194
13. J.J. Czymy J. Lawrence The importance of paraspinal muscle EMG in cervical and lumbosacral radiculopathy: Review of 100 cases Electromyogr Clin Neurophysiol 36 1996 503 508
14. E.S. Date E.Y. Mar M.R. Bugola The prevalence of lumbar paraspinal spontaneous activity in asymptomatic subjects Muscle Nerve 19 1996 350 354
15. E.R. Delagi A. Perotto Anatomic Guide for the Electromyographer—The Limbs (ed 2) 1980 Springfield, IL, Charles C. Thomas
16. D. Dumitru Electrodiagnostic Medicine 1994 Hanley & Belfus Philadelphia
17. M.R. Durette A.A. Rodriguez J.L. Agre Needle electromyographic evaluation of patients with myofascial or fibromyalgic pain Am J Phys Med Rehabil 10 1991 154 156
18. M.A. Fisher A.J. Shivde C. Teixera Clinical and electrophysiological appraisal of the significance of radicular injury in back pain J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 41 1978 303 306
19. R.C. Franson J.S. Saal J.A. Saal Human phospholipase A2 is inflammatory Spine 17 1992 S129 S132
20. S.R. Geiringer Anatomic Localization for Needle Electromyography 1994 Hanley & Belfus Philadelphia
21. R.G. Gillette R.C. Kramis W.J. Roberts Characterization of spinal somatosensory neurons having receptive fields in lumbar tissues of cats Pain 54 1993 85 98
22. R.G. Gillette R.C. Kramis W.J. Roberts Sympathetic activation of cat spmal neurons responsive to stimulation of deep tissues in the low back Pain 56 1994 31 42
23. A.J. Haig D.B. LeBreck S.G. Powley Paraspinal mapping: quantified needle electromyography of the paraspinal muscles in persons without low back pain Spine 20 1995 715 721
24. A.J. Haig M. Moffroid S. Henry A technique for needle localization in paraspinal muscles with cadaveric confirmation Muscle Nerve 14 1991 521 526
25. A.J. Haig C. Talley L.J. Grobler Paraspinal mapping: quantified needle electromyography in lumbar radiculopathy Muscle Nerve 16 1993 477 484
26. A.J. Haig Clinical experience with paraspinal mapping. I: Neurophysiology of the paraspinal muscles in various spinal disorders Arch Phys Med Rehabil 78 1997 1177 1184
27. A.J. Haig Clinical experience with paraspinal mapping. II: A simplified technique that eliminates three-fourths of needle insertions Arch Phys Med Rehabil 78 1997 1185 1190
28. W.E. Hitselberger R.M. Witten Abnormal myelograms in asymptomatic patients J Neurosurg 28 1968 204 206
29. W.H. Hollinshead Anatomy for Surgeons: The Back Limbs and vol 3 (ed 3) 1982 Harper & Row Philadelphia
30. A. Indahl A. Kaigle Electromyographic response of the porcine multifidus musculature after nerve stimulation Spine 20 1995 2652 2658
31. E.W. Johnson J.A. Burkhart Earl W.C. Electromyography in postlaminectomy patients Arch Phys Med Rehabil 53 1972 407 409
32. E.W. Johnson J.L. Melvin Value of electromyography in lumbar radiculopathy Arch Phys Med Rehabil 52 1971 239 243
33. E.W. Johnson R. Stocklin M.M. LaBan Use of electrodiagnostic examination in a university hospital Arch Phys Med Rehabil 46 1965 573 578
34. J. Kimura Electrodiagnosis in Diseases of Nerve and Muscle: Principles and Practice (ed 2) 1989 FA Company Davis Philadelphia
35. G.H. Kraft Fibrillation potential amplitude and muscle atrophy following peripheral nerve injury Muscle Nerve 13 1990 814 821
36. R.W. Kund D.R. Comblath J.W. Griffin Assessment of thoracic paraspinal muscles in the diagnosis of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Muscle Nerve 11 1988 484 492
37. R. Kuruoglu S.J. Oh B. Thompson Clinical and electromyographic correlations of lumbosacral radiculopathy Muscle Nerve 17 1994 250 251
38. M.M. LaBan M.S. Tamler A.M. Wang Electromyographic detection of paraspinal muscle metastasis: correlation with magnetic resonance imaging Spine 17 1992 1144 1147
39. W.V. Lajoie Nerve root compression: correlation electromyographic of myelographic and surgical findings Arch Phys Med Rehabil 53 1972 390 392
40. T.D. Lauder T.R. Dillingham C.W. Huston Lumbosacral radiculopathy screen: Optimizing the number of muscles studied Am J Phys Med Rehabil 73 1994 394 402
41. J.E. Macintosh N. Bogduk The morphology of the lumbar erector spinae Spine 12 1987 658 668
42. J.E. Macintosh S. Valencia N. Bogduk The morphology of the human lumbar multifidus Clinical Biomechanics 1 1986 196 204
43. J.Y. Maigne R. Maigne Trigger point of the posterior iliac crest: Painful iliolumbar ligament insertion or cutaneous dorsal rami pain? An anatomic study Arch Phys Med Rehabil 72 1991 734 737
44. R. Maigne Origine dorso-lumbaire des certaines lomalgies basses. Role des articulations interapophysaires et des branches posterieures des nerfs rachidiens Revue du Rheumatisme 41 1974 781 789
45. R.T. McElverry Anomalies of the lumbar spinal cords and roots Clin Orthop 8 1956 61 64
46. I. McNab H. Cuthbert C.M. Godfrey The incidence of denervation of the sacrospinalis muscles following spinal surgery Spine 2 1977 294 298
47. R.G. Miller D.D. Kiprov G. Parry Peripheral nervous system dysfunction in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome M.L. Rosenblum R.M. Levy D.E. Bredesen AIDS and the Nervous System 1988 Press Raven New York 65 78
48. K.L. Moore The abdomen K.L. Moore Clinically Oriented Anatomy (ed 2) 1985 Williams and Wilkins Baltimore 281 282
49. A. Neidre I. McNab Anomalies of the lumbosacral nerve roots: Review of 16 cases and classification Spine 8 1983 294 299
50. R.C. Oudenhoven Paraspinal electromyography following facet rhizotomy Spine 4 1977 299 304
51. A.C. Ozaktay J.M. Cavanaugh D.C. Blagodev Phospholipase A2 induced electro-physiologic and histologic changes in rabbit dorsal lumbar spine tissues Spine 20 1995 2659 2668
52. R.W. Porter C. Hibbert P. Wellman The shape and size of the lumbar spinal canal 1980 Proc Inst Mech Eng 51 58
53. R.W. Porter Development of the vertebral canal S.W. Wiesel J.N. Weinstein H. Herkowitz The Lumbar Spine (ed 2) 1996 Saunders WB Philadelphia 711 723
54. J.S. Saal R.C. Franson R. Dobrow High levels of inflammatory phospholipase A2 activity in lumbar disc herniations Spine 15 1990 674 678
55. H.J. Seddon Three types of nerve injury Brain 66 1943 66 238
56. D.H. See G.H. Kraft Electromyography in paraspinal muscles following surgery for root compression Arch Phys Med Rehabil 56 1975 80 83
57. T. Sihvonen A. Herno O. Airaksinen Local denervation atrophy of paraspinal muscles in postoperative failed back syndrome Spin 18 1993 575 581
58. T. Sihvonen J. Partanen Segmental hypermobility in lumbar spine and entrapment of dorsal rami Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology 30 1990 175 180
59. T. Sihvonen The segmental dorsal ramus neuropathy as a common cause of chronic and recurrent low back pain Electromyogr Clin Neurophysiol 32 1992 507 510
60. D.M. Simpson R.K. Olney Peripheral neuropathies associated with human immunodeficiency virus infection Neurol Clin 10 1992 685 711
61. I. Soovere Early isolated paraspinal EMG abnormalities in occult carcinoma with spinal metastases: A case report Spine 8 1983 109 110
62. E.W. Streib A.J. Wilbourn H. Mitsumoto Spontaneous electrical muscle fiber activity in polymyositis and dermatomyositis Muscle Nerve 2 1979 14 18
63. S.H. Subramony A.J. Wilbourn Diabetic peripheral neuropathy: clinical and electromyographic studies J Neurol Sei 53 1982 293 304
64. S. Sunderland Nerves and Nerve Injuries (ed 2) 1978 Livingstone Churchill Edinburgh
65. K. Suseki Y. Takahashi T. Chiba Innervation of the lumbar facet joints: Origins and functions Spine 22 1997 477 485
66. Y. Takahashi T. Morinaga S. Nakamura Neural connection between the ventral portion of the lumbar vertebral disc and the groin skin J Neurosurg 85 1996 323 328
67. S. Theslef M.R. Ward Studies on the mechanism of fibrillation potentials in denervated muscle J Physiol 244 1975 313 323
68. R.F. Tonzola A.A. Ackil B.T. Shahani Usefulness of electrophysiological studies in the diagnosis of lumbosacral root disease Ann Neurol 9 1981 305 308
69. A. VanHarreveld Reinnervation of denervated muscle fibers by adjacent functioning motor units Am J Physiol 145 1945 477 493
70. R.J. Weber S.I. Weingarden Electromyographic abnormalities following myelography Arch Neurol 36 1979 588 589
71. J.C. Weinreb L.B. Wolbarsbt J.M. Cohen Prevalence of lumbosacral intervertebral disk abnormalities and magnetic resonance images in pregnant and asymptomatic non-pregnant women Radiology 170 1989 125 128
72. W.J. Wessels H.K. Feirabend E. Mariani The rostrocaudal organization in the dorsal root ganglia of the rat: A consequence of plexus formation? Anat Embryol (Berl) 190 1994 1 11
73. W.J. Wessels E. Mariani A rostrocaudal somatotopic organization in the brachial dorsal root ganglia of neonatal rats Clin Neurol Neurosurg 95 1993 S3 S11
74. S.W. Wiesel N. Tsouras H.C. Feffer The incidence of positive CAT scans in an asymptomatic group of patients Spine 9 1984 549 551
75. A.J. Wilbourn M.J. Aminoff AAEE minimonograph #32 the electrophysiologic examination in patients with radiculopathies Muscle Nerve 11 1988 1099 1114
76. A.J. Wilbourn Electrodiagnosis R.H. Rothman F.A. Simeone The Spine 1992 WB Saunders Philadelphia 155 179