The H reflex of the soleus muscle was used to investigate the monosynaptic reflex arc of two groups of leprosy patients compared with a similar group of normal subjects. The H reflex recordings show two abnormalities: (1) An increase in the latency of the reflex without difference between lepromatous and borderline patients. (2) A decrease of the Hmax:Mmax amplitude ratio more pronounced in the lepromatous group. The discrepancy between these results and the commonly described preservation of the deep tendon reflexes in leprosy is discussed and the hypothesis that leprosy neuropathy would affect all nerve trunks related to blood vessel changes in suggested.
BT - Journal of the neurological sciences C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7365508?dopt=Abstract DA - 1980 Mar DO - 10.1016/0022-510x(80)90181-1 IS - 2-3 J2 - J. Neurol. Sci. LA - eng N2 -The H reflex of the soleus muscle was used to investigate the monosynaptic reflex arc of two groups of leprosy patients compared with a similar group of normal subjects. The H reflex recordings show two abnormalities: (1) An increase in the latency of the reflex without difference between lepromatous and borderline patients. (2) A decrease of the Hmax:Mmax amplitude ratio more pronounced in the lepromatous group. The discrepancy between these results and the commonly described preservation of the deep tendon reflexes in leprosy is discussed and the hypothesis that leprosy neuropathy would affect all nerve trunks related to blood vessel changes in suggested.
PY - 1980 SP - 373 EP - 8 T2 - Journal of the neurological sciences TI - The Hoffmann reflex of the soleus muscle. A study in leprosy. VL - 45 SN - 0022-510X ER -