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Somatosensory evoked potentials in children with bilateral spastic cerebral palsy.

TitleSomatosensory evoked potentials in children with bilateral spastic cerebral palsy.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2011
AuthorsTeflioudi, E. P., Zafeiriou D. I., Vargiami E., Kontopoulos E., & Tsikoulas I.
JournalPediatr Neurol
Volume44
Issue3
Pagination177-82
Date Published2011 Mar
ISSN1873-5150
KeywordsAdolescent, 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.

DOI10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2010.11.001
Alternate JournalPediatr. Neurol.
PubMed ID21310332

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