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Orthopaedic Proceedings
Vol. 94-B, Issue SUPP_I | Pages 27 - 27
1 Jan 2012
Buisson Y Catley M Lopez JG McGregor A Strutton P
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Introduction

Changes in the central nervous system (CNS) pathways controlling trunk and leg muscles in patients with low back pain and radiculopathy have been observed and this study investigated whether surgery impacts upon these changes.

Methods

Parameters of corticospinal control were examined on 3 occasions in 22 patients prior to, at 6 and 26 weeks following lumbar decompression surgery and in 14 control subjects at the same intervals. Electromyographic activity was recorded from tibialis anterior (TA), soleus (SOL), rectus abdominis (RA), external oblique (EO) and erector spinae (ES) muscles at the T12 & L4 levels in response to transcranial magnetic stimulation of the motor cortex.