to evaluate the effects of local administration of the fetal brain extract (fbe) on the crushed peripheral nerve, 15 male wistar rats were used. the right sciatic nerve of 10 rats was locally underwent the tense compression for 30 seconds and then randomly divided into experimental and control (sham) groups. the remained rats were considered as intact animals. treatment was commenced weekly, by...

footdrop is a relatively common deficit among the neurological disorders, which has different causes with various levels of involvement in neuromuscular system, including central nervous system (brain cortex, spinal cord), fifth lumbar root, peripheral nerves and muscles. peroneal nerve injury at the fibular head has been reported to the most common cause of foot drop, which can be due to infar...

in the present work sedative and hypnotic effects of aqueous extract of aloe vera in rats have been investigated. in order to evaluate the overall hypnotic effects of the aloe vera extract, open field and loss of righting reflex tests were primarily used. the sedative and hypnotic effects of the extract were then confirmed by detection of remarkable raise in the total sleeping time through anal...

conclusions accordingly, laser therapy in our protocol seemed to affect some of the nerve growth parameters, mostly on motor rather than sensory fibers. results in the two -point discrimination- test, there was no significant difference between the two groups in the thumbs but a significant improvement was observed in the index finger of the lt group. improvement of muscular examinations such a...

background: multiple sclerosis (ms) is known to affect essentially the central nervous system; however, peripheral nerve involvement, as an additional cause of disability, has been recently noticed. objectives: this study was aimed to perform detailed electrodiagnostic assessments in ms patients to evaluate peripheral nervous system involvement. materials and methods: a total of eighty ms patie...

Electromyography (EMG) signal is the muscle electrical activity. Electromyography is a technique for detecting and recording the electrical potential generated by muscle cells. This EMG signals are used in medical professionals to determine specific disorders. This paper basically deals with the analysis of different electromyography signals (NOR & MYO). In this paper, new method for classifica...

[Purpose] Electromyography biofeedback therapy is applied to various diseases during physical therapy for motor learning. Our aim was to develop a low-cost electromyography biofeedback device kit that students could build by themselves in class and to evaluate whether this kit was an adequate educational tool for physical therapy students. [Subjects and Methods] This study included 34 volunteer...

In this report, we present the case of a patient with cervical adenocarcinoma progressive right lower-extremity pain and weakness. Electromyography lower extremities subsequent ultrasonographic imaging complementarily demonstrated findings considered suspicious for perineural spread malignancy to lumbosacral plexus sciatic nerve. This possibility was confirmed by magnetic resonance (MRI) fluoro...