Somatosensory evoked potentials in children with bilateral spastic cerebral palsy.
Title | Somatosensory evoked potentials in children with bilateral spastic cerebral palsy. |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2011 |
Authors | Teflioudi, E. P., Zafeiriou D. I., Vargiami E., Kontopoulos E., & Tsikoulas I. |
Journal | Pediatr Neurol |
Volume | 44 |
Issue | 3 |
Pagination | 177-82 |
Date Published | 2011 Mar |
ISSN | 1873-5150 |
Keywords | Adolescent, Cerebral Palsy, Child, Child, Preschool, Electric Stimulation, Electroencephalography, Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory, Female, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Median Nerve, Statistics as Topic, Tibial Nerve |
Abstract | Alterations were monitored of somatosensory evoked potentials in children with bilateral spastic cerebral palsy and these findings correlated with relevant clinical and laboratory parameters. Fifty-one children with bilateral spastic cerebral palsy (31 boys, 20 girls; age range 24-168 months) participated in the study. Abnormal somatosensory evoked potentials latencies were recorded in 23 of 34 (67.6%) cortical recordings of the median nerve and in 38 of 51 (74.5%) cortical recordings of the tibial nerve. Abnormal tibial nerve somatosensory evoked potentials were strongly correlated with abnormal electroencephalogram (P=0.014), while impaired median nerve recordings were correlated with abnormal visual evoked potentials (P = 0.02) and a history of perinatal or neonatal infection (P=0.016). Furthermore, perinatal/neonatal infection adversely effected the recordings in both tibial and medial nerves in quadriplegic patients (P=0.023). Sensory impairment is strongly related with abnormal visual evoked potentials, abnormal electroencephalogram, and a history of perinatal or neonatal infection. |
DOI | 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2010.11.001 |
Alternate Journal | Pediatr. Neurol. |
PubMed ID | 21310332 |