{"title":"[Peroperative ultrasound examination of the spinal canal].","authors":"M Santa, I Sulla, J Fagul'a","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":75690,"journal":{"name":"Ceskoslovenska neurologie a neurochirurgie","volume":"54 1","pages":"6-13"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13178665","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[EMG methods for the study of motor units].","authors":"Z Ambler, E Stalberg","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":75690,"journal":{"name":"Ceskoslovenska neurologie a neurochirurgie","volume":"54 1","pages":"46-52"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13178663","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Reflex response of the masseter muscle after percussion of the chin and electrical stimulation of the upper lip in patients with central motor disorders].","authors":"L Lisý","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In 23 patients with central motor disorders (spastic hemiparesis, pseudobulbar syndrome and parkinsonism) reflex responses in both masseters were evoked during their relaxation and contraction by percussion with a reflex hammer on the chin and by electric stimulation of the upper lip. For recording of the reflex responses the electromyographic method was used. On the side of the spastic hemiparesis, as compared with the finding on the non-paretic side, the author found changes in the short-, medium and late-latency excitation and inhibition segments of the reflex response. In patients with parkinsonism the medium-latency portion of the reflex response after percussion of the chin from above as well as from below was satisfactory. The late latency excitation response after percussion of the chin from below was greater than its corresponding part evoked by percussion of the chin from above. In patients with the pseudobulbar syndrome the inhibitory parts of the reflex responses after percussion of the chin were weak. The results of the examination provided thus more detailed information on disorders of supranuclear control of masseter muscles.</p>","PeriodicalId":75690,"journal":{"name":"Ceskoslovenska neurologie a neurochirurgie","volume":"54 1","pages":"22-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13178058","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[The effect of brilliant cresyl blue on erythrocyte degeneration in patients after acute stroke].","authors":"E Eiben, A Nicák","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The authors investigated the disintegration of red cells by the action of brilliant cresyl blue in patients after an acute cerebrovascular attack and compared them with the disintegration in blood donors. In the patients the disintegration was assessed within 24 hours after the attack and after one year. The disintegration was assessed in two incubation solutions i.e. in isotonic saline and in Krebs-Ringer solution after three hours incubation at 37 degrees C. It was revealed that in the control group the disintegration of erythrocytes in isotonic saline is much greater than in Krebs-Ringer solution. The difference between the action of the two solutions is highly significant. In patients immediately after the attack as well as in the group which did not survive the period of one year (7 patients) and the group which survived the period of one year (8 patients) the difference in disintegration in the two solutions is significant but at a lower level of significance. It is thus smaller than in the control group. However, in the group which survived for one year this difference is again highly significant, similarly as in the control group. The author discusses the problem of metabolic influencing of the elasticity and deformability of the red cell membrane and its impact on the rheology of blood.</p>","PeriodicalId":75690,"journal":{"name":"Ceskoslovenska neurologie a neurochirurgie","volume":"54 1","pages":"41-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13178662","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Quantitative evaluation of disorders of upright posture using stabilometry].","authors":"M Saling, I Koprdová, M Hrubý, F Hlavacka","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The authors examined, using the stabilometric method, 14 patients with lesions of the cerebellum, vestibular system and cerebral hemispheres (hemiparetics). Quantitative evaluation of the stability of posture was done using 7 parameters under four conditions: with open eyes, with closed eyes, with additional visual feedback and standing on a 10 cm foam rubber with closed eyes. In patients with a vestibular lesion the authors observed more frequent elevated values in a lateral direction, a marked destabilization of the posture on the foam rubber and effective use of the added visual feedback. Cerebellar patients were unable to use effectively the visual biofeedback for stabilization of posture. They were characterized by an obvious increase of stabilometric parameters in both directions and under all circumstances. The visual biofeedback had a different effect on maintenance of the upright position in hemiparetic patients. Stabilometry enables the authors to quantify posture and to record different characteristics of postural ataxias.</p>","PeriodicalId":75690,"journal":{"name":"Ceskoslovenska neurologie a neurochirurgie","volume":"54 1","pages":"14-21"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13178057","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Approaches to the treatment of subarachnoid hemorrhage under the present circumstances. Report of the panel discussion at the 4th Congress of Young Neurologists in Pec pod Snĕzkou, June 4 1989].","authors":"P Kalvach, I Fusek, Z Kadanka, P Bocan","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":75690,"journal":{"name":"Ceskoslovenska neurologie a neurochirurgie","volume":"53 6","pages":"410-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1990-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13412542","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Somatosensory evoked potentials in the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis].","authors":"J Bednarík, Z Kadanka","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The authors examined SEP in a group of 54 patients with the clinical diagnosis of SM. The sensitivity of the test in SEP of the median nerve was 68%, in SEP of the tibial nerve 78%. Concurrent use of both techniques revealed an abnormality in 83%. Subclinical abnormalities were present in 28% (median nerve) and 24% resp. (tibial nerve) of the patients. In case of a clinical disturbance of sensitivity the SEP finding was normal in 10% of the patients. A typical abnormality in SM was the absence of spinal responses and prolongation of the central conduction time. In 41% of the patients with an abnormal finding the abnormality was unilateral. The authors discuss possibilities of topical diagnosis of sensitive lesions by means of SEP.</p>","PeriodicalId":75690,"journal":{"name":"Ceskoslovenska neurologie a neurochirurgie","volume":"53 6","pages":"376-85"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1990-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13414775","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Changes in circulation of the blood in cerebral arteries in relation to age].","authors":"M Troscák, V Pavlík, E Eiben, D Blasko, N Klímová","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The authors examined 12 people under 40 years and 12 above 40 years, mostly healthy volunteers. They investigated the rate of blood flow in the median cerebral artery after compression of the homolateral and contralateral internal carotid. They found that in more advanced age the rate of flow in the mentioned arteries is significantly reduced. During compression tests in more advanced age the decline in the flow rate is more marked in the median cerebral artery on the side of compression. In the other arteries the flow is promoted but the age dependence is not marked. The authors conclude from these findings that with advancing age the possibilities of autoregulation deteriorate more than those of the collateral circulation via Willis' circle.</p>","PeriodicalId":75690,"journal":{"name":"Ceskoslovenska neurologie a neurochirurgie","volume":"53 6","pages":"405-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1990-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13414779","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Brainstem auditory evoked potentials in patients with multiple sclerosis--use of 2 stimulation frequencies].","authors":"V Plasová, P Urban","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The authors examined Brainstem acoustic evoked potentials at different frequencies of repeated clicks (10, 15, 20, 30 and 50 Hz) in 30 healthy subjects (18 men, 12 women, age 12-50 years) and in a group of 89 patients with the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis (28 men, 61 women, age 16-55 years). Examination of the control group revealed that an increase of the stimulation frequency from 10 to 50 Hz leads to a significant prolongation of the absolute latencies of BAEP waves (in particular V wave), as well as inter-peak latencies (in particular I-V) and to a reduction of the amplitude of waves I and V, which was, however, significant only in wave I. The differentiability of some waves, in particular late ones was reduced. For these changes a zone of normal values was assessed. In patients with multiple sclerosis at a stimulation frequency of 10 Hz the most frequent abnormality of BAEP was a prolongation of the latency of the V wave and of I-V resp. At a stimulation frequency of 50 Hz the ratio of responses with undifferentiable waves V or III and V increased. The increase of the stimulation frequency from 10 Hz to 50 Hz led to a higher detection rate of abnormal BAEP findings in the whole group from 31% to 51% (p less than 0.001), in the sub-group of patients with a clinical lesion of the stem from 43% to 65% (p less than 0.01), in the sub-group without a clinically obvious lesion from 23% to 40% (p less than 0.01). In the sub-group of patients with a suspect diagnosis of multiple sclerosis, but without a clinically obvious symptomatology of the stem the detection rate of abnormal findings increased from 27% to 35% (NS). Based on their results, the authors are in favour of those views reported in the literature which consider the application of two stimulation frequencies during BAEP examinations useful for diagnostic purposes and recommend its inclusion in routine BAEP examinations of patients with multiple sclerosis, or suspect multiple sclerosis.</p>","PeriodicalId":75690,"journal":{"name":"Ceskoslovenska neurologie a neurochirurgie","volume":"53 6","pages":"386-95"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1990-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13414776","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}