Interest of peripheral anesthetic blocks as a diagnosis and prognosis tool in patients with spastic equinus foot: A clinical and electrophysiological study of the effects of block of nerve branches to the triceps surae muscle

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 116, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1596-1600

  Buffenoir, Kevin ^a,b,c   Decq, Philippe ^a,b   Lefaucheur, Jean Pascal ^a,b  

^a HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^b FACULTÉ DE MÉDECINE   (France)

^c POITIERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

H reflex; Lidocaine; Local anesthesia; Motor block; Proprioceptive fibers; Soleus muscle; Spasticity; Stretch reflex

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; BOTULINUM TOXIN; LIDOCAINE;

ACHILLES REFLEX; ADULT; AGED; ALPHA NERVE FIBER; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE REFLEX; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROLYSIS; PATIENT; PES EQUINUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPRIOCEPTION; RECORDING; SCORING SYSTEM; SPASTICITY; TRICEPS SURAE MUSCLE;

EID: 20444414078     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2004.11.024     Document Type: Article

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