01625nas a2200289   4500000000100000008004100001260001700042653001000059653002100069653001100090653001200101653001200113653002200125653001300147653002200160653001400182100001900196700001300215700001500228700001400243700001300257245005700270300000900327490000600336520097900342022001401321       1986                            d  c1986 Jan-Mar10aAdult10aElectromyography10aHumans10aleprosy10aMuscles10aNeural Conduction10aNeuritis10aNeurons, Afferent10aSensation1 aNdiaye-Niang M1 aDiagne M1 aNdiaye I P1 aBoucher P1 aMillan J00a[The value of electromyographic studies in leprosy].  a51-80 v43 a<p>In Dakar, during a definite period of time, all the new leprosy cases have been subjected to an electromyographic examination before treatment: a total of 37 patients and 518 examined nerves including all clinical forms: NCV: 33% of the examined nerves are found to be affected. The sensory nerves are frequently and early involved. In frequency order: sural (54%), posterior tibial (50%), sensory ulnar (35%), sensory median (29%), motor ulnar (28%), lateral popliteal (17%) and motor median (12%). The study of the SCV seems relatively more reliable than the sensory testing in the case of the ulnar and the median (75 comparisons): concordance in 69% of the cases; SCV only abnormal in 19%; sensory testing only abnormal in 12%. The EMG detection is superior to the motor testing and to the motor nerve conduction for the lateral popliteal (32 comparisons): 41% of concordant examination; 59% of differences among which 44% of anomalies revealed only by detection.</p>  a0001-5938