Estudo do reflexo H do músculo semitendinoso em pessoas normais

Authors

  • Elizabete Tsubomi Saito Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Medicina
  • José Brenha Ribeiro Sobrinho Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Medicina

Keywords:

Electromyography, H-Reflex, Muscles

Abstract

The advances of clinical electromyography in early fifties allowed the currenty use of the myotatic reflex to study the proximal segments of the nerves and the nervous roots. We tried to find if the ischiotibialis muscles have the H reflex constantly and easily evoked and what's its meaning. That was choosen 6 patients without abnormalities at neurological examination and tested the H reflex at the semitendinous muscle stimulating the sciatic nerve near the proximal motor point. Ali the patients had H reflex with constancy in the latency showing that may be we can use this test to study L5 root lesions in the future.

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Published

1997-04-17

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Original Article

How to Cite

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Saito ET, Ribeiro Sobrinho JB. Estudo do reflexo H do músculo semitendinoso em pessoas normais. Acta Fisiátr. [Internet]. 1997 Apr. 17 [cited 2024 Jun. 17];4(1):14-6. Available from: https://revistas.usp.br/actafisiatrica/article/view/102057