METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING THE FUNCTIONAL STATE OF THE PYRAMIDAL TRACT Russian patent published in 2018 - IPC A61B5/488 A61N2/00 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to medicine, namely to neurology. Magnetic stimulation of the lumbar spine and medulla oblongata is performed. Record and conduct an analysis of the latent periods of the induced responses of the muscle that removes the big toe. Determine the difference in latent periods of motor responses, measure the distance between the points of implementation of magnetic stimulation, calculate the ratio of the distance to the difference of latent periods and determine the propagation velocity of the excitation. When the speed is reduced to 23.1±2.4 m/s and more diagnose the violation of excitation on the pyramidal tract on the side of the decrease in the speed of propagation of excitation.

EFFECT: method allows to increase the reliability of the diagnosis, which is achieved by additional stimulation of the medulla oblongata and calculation of the rate of propagation of the excitation.

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