• Neurological research · Jul 2011

    Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study

    Flexor reflexes elicited by magnetic and electric stimulation of the sural nerve.

    • Ferah Kizilay, Rengin Bilgen, Hulya Aydin Gungor, Hilmi Uysal, and Cumhur Ertekin.
    • Department of Neurology, Akdeniz University Medical School Hospital, Antalya, Turkey. ferah@akdeniz.edu.tr
    • Neurol. Res. 2011 Jul 1; 33 (6): 609-13.

    ObjectivesWe have investigated whether magnetic stimulation of the sural nerve can evoke a flexor reflex recorded from the ipsilateral short head of the biceps femoris muscle.MethodsThe sural nerve was subjected to magnetic stimulation as well as by single-pulse electrical stimulation in healthy subjects.ResultsIn 87% of the participants, a reflex response was elicited from the short head of biceps femoris muscle by magnetic stimulation of the sural nerve. In terms of latency and amplitude, this reflex response was similar to the flexor reflex response evoked from the same muscle by single-pulse electrical stimulation of the sural nerve.DiscussionFindings indicate that flexor reflexes can easily be evoked from the short head of the biceps femoris muscle by magnetic stimulation of the sural nerve. The late component of the flexor reflex may not only be elicited via nociceptive afferents but may also involve non-nociceptive afferents.

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