DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUE FOR ASYMMETRIC FUNCTIONAL ACTIVITY OF PYRAMIDAL TRACTS IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS SUFFERING MULTIPLANAR SPINAL DEFORMITY Russian patent published in 2015 - IPC A61B5/488 A61B5/484 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: electromyograph is used to detect a latency of motor response and a minimal latency of F-wave in response to stimulating a tibial nerve. A transcranial magnetic stimulator is used to detect a latency of cortical response in a lead of an abductor muscle of great toe. A cortical motor response of minimal latency and maximal peak is of interest. The findings are used to determine the time of central motor passage in the minimal latency of F-wave from both sides. If the time of central motor passage in the minimal latency of F-wave differs by more than 3.45 ms between the sides, the asymmetric functional activity of the pyramid tracts in children and adolescents with multiplanar spinal deformity is stated.

EFFECT: technique enables increasing the diagnostic reliability ensured by determining the asymmetry of the time of central motor passage of the motor cortical response to the minimal latency of F-wave.

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