Electrokinesiologic testing of walking in patients with spastic cerebral palsy.

Assessment of walking ability of patients with spastic cerebral palsy has long been a problem. In an attempt to obtain more precise and objective findings, we used the Polgon goniometry method. The study involved testing the gait of 36 spastic patients.

The H or F wave latencies in medial gastrocnemius in the electrodiagnostic study of sciatica patients with suspected S1 radiculopathy.

The aim of this study was to test H or F wave latencies of medial head of gastrocnemius muscle for electrodiagnostic evaluation of patients with suspected S1 radiculopathy with or without additional L5 radiculopathy. A group of 97 patients (34 female and 63 male), aged 20-60 (average 44 years), with clinically suspected unilateral radiculopathy were studied. Needle EMG of medial gastrocnemius muscle was supplemented by H or F wave latencies measurement bilaterally by percutaneous stimulation of tibial nerve in cubital fossa.