F responses and central motor conduction in multiple sclerosis.

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology
S J SmithT N Schriefer

Abstract

Two electrophysiological investigations were used to study 18 patients with multiple sclerosis--F wave characteristics including amplitude, persistence and frequency, which can provide a measure of motoneurone excitability, and magnetic stimulation of the cortex, which enables measurement of conduction along central motor pathways. There was an increase in the mean amplitude and persistence of the F response in patients with abnormal central motor conduction (CMC), although no correlation between the degree of abnormality of CMC and increase in F response amplitude was found. Increase in mean amplitude and persistence of the F response were also found in patients with normal CMC but clinical evidence of a UMN disorder (spasticity and/or weakness); there was no correlation, however, between any single F response characteristic and any particular clinical sign. CMC appears to be the preferred test for detecting subclinical motor lesions in MS: of the patient sides with normal clinical examination, 36% showed abnormal CMC, whereas 23% showed abnormal F responses.

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