METHOD FOR EVALUATING THE COORDINATION OF BIOELECTRICAL ACTIVITY OF PARAVERTEBRAL MUSCLES Russian patent published in 2007 - IPC A61B5/488 

FIELD: medicine, orthopedics.

SUBSTANCE: the present innovation deals with both quantitative and qualitative evaluation of functional state of paravertebral muscles. In a patient's standing position it is necessary to register electromyogram of paravertebral muscles from the right and from the left against spinous processes Th I-L V, fix a mean amplitude of muscular biopotentials, calculate the value of standardized difference being the ratio of amplitudes difference against the maximal one out of them. For evaluating a hypothetical vertebral deviation it is important to plot a diagram for distribution of standardized differences with an approximating curve - a polynomial degree VI. One should calculate integral values of bioelectrical activity of paravertebral muscles: total deviation (TD) is the summarized modules of standardized differences taken by the module. Normal coordination of paravertebral muscular activity should be characterized by the following ratio: I class (light degree of manifestation) of affected coordination could be illustrated by the following ratio: II class (moderate degree of manifestation) is restricted with the following limits: III class (pronounced manifestation) should be depicted with the following inequality: The innovation suggested is of widened functional capacities, it enables to fulfill differential evaluation of coordination of paravertebral muscular activity and, thus, improve the results of therapy in patients with pathological states, diseases and vertebral lesions.

EFFECT: higher accuracy and efficiency of evaluation.

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