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By B. Lukjan. Medical College of Pennsylvania and Hahnemann University.

PD has also been noted to be associated with an in- creased incidence of gout and pseudogout [105] 2 mg artane otc. These 43 Treatment of spinal stenosis Because antipagetic medical therapy is rewarding in the treatment of pagetic spinal stenosis syndrome, one should start with antipagetic drug treatment. Calcitonin, mithra- mycin, sodium etidronate, pamidronate disodium, and clo- dronate have been reported to either improve or to com- pletely reverse the clinical symptoms of spinal stenosis [1, 16, 36, 107]; however, relapse of spinal stenosis sympto- matology after medical antipagetic treatment is not un- common [32, 33]. Therefore, patients should be closely monitored and cyclical therapy should be continued if necessary until biochemical bone indices normalize. Severe spinal stenosis of lytic type has been shown to respond successfully to antipagetic treatment with clo- dronate. It has been suggested that, for pagetic spinal stenosis in the lytic phase of the disease, administration of vitamin D and calcium supplements to improve mineraliza- tion of lytic pagetic spinal lesion causing canal block can enhance the effectiveness of bisphosphonate therapy. If the symptoms persist, in spite of bone remodeling markers normalization, surgery is an alternative treat- ment. Decompression of spinal stenosis should be imple- mented promptly after failure of antipagetic therapy. The appearance of the other hand, the results of surgery have shown variable im- lesion may be misconstrued as sarcomatous degeneration (pseu- provement in 85% of patients [117], with frequent re- dosarcoma or pumice bone). The cortical margins are well defined lapses or failures, which may improve with subsequent in contrast to the usual appearance of sarcomatous transformation, medical antipagetic therapy [1, 16, 107]. Eur Spine J provement after laminectomy and were treated with fur- 10:370–384] ther antipagetic medical treatment exhibited marked im- provement of their symptomatology with sustained relief. From our experience and from other reports, spinal surgery for pagetic spinal stenosis may fail to reverse the Treatment neurological deficit completely, and may be associ- ated with serious complications such as a mortality rate of Treatment of back pain 11% [117] and dangerously profuse, if not torrential, bleeding [116].

Stretch-induced responses during upright stance Connections These responses are only present during free stance and cannot be used to investigate transmission in Excitatory projections to motoneurones group II pathways at rest or its changes during Homonymous projections have only been explored voluntary movement generic 2 mg artane otc. Heterony- Common peroneal-induced facilitation mous projections are widespread from distal mus- of the quadriceps H reflex cles onto motoneurones of proximal muscles. They are particularly potent from gastrocnemius medi- ThisissuitableforinvestigatinggroupIIexcitationin alis to semitendinosus and from pretibial flexors patients. Projections between leg muscles are ≥10% of MVC, there may be reflex suppression due only disclosed by cortical stimulation. Bilateral pro- to convergence between the peroneal and femoral jections to homologous muscles are observed after test volleys onto interneurones mediating auto- unilateral stretch. Inhibition of excitatory effects Organisation and pattern of connections Inhibition of excitatory effects evoked by group I and group II afferent volleys can be produced by the Peripheral pathway same group I and group II volleys, but are generally The conduction velocities of Ia and group II affer- detectable only in presence of cortical stimulation. Group Lack of evidence for inhibition of motoneurones II discharges from stretched leg muscles could The lack of evidence for group II inhibition exerted help reinforce the co-contraction of leg and thigh on motoneurone of human extensor muscles is the muscles to maintain bipedal stance. Gait Effects of corticospinal volleys Homonymous group II afferents contribute to the Corticospinal inputs facilitate lumbar propriospinal activationofsoleusmotoneuronesduringthestance neurones co-activated by group I and group II affer- phase of walking. The evidence is based upon ents and inhibitory interneurones mediating feed- the finding that unexpected unloading of the ankle back inhibition to these neurones. Overall, the dom- extensors suppresses the EMG of soleus, at the inant effect of corticospinal volleys on the pro- latency of a group II effect, and this suppression is priospinal system is excitation of feedback inhibi- modifiedlittlebyischaemicblockadeofgroupIaffer- tion, particularly in the pathway of propriospinal ents. This finding implies that the group II afferent excitation to semitendinosus motoneurones. Peroneal-induced group II facilitation Motor tasks and physiological of the on-going quadriceps EMG is enhanced dur- implications ing the early stance phase of walking. At this time the weight of the body is shifted to the leg that is Voluntary contraction about to begin the stance phase, and the feedback support from group II afferents from ankle dorsi- There is a facilitation of the interneurones medi- flexor muscles may help ensure the stabilising con- ating group I and group II excitation to quadri- traction of the quadriceps. Finally, stretch-induced ceps motoneurones during voluntary contractions group II responses in the soleus appear particularly ofquadriceps,butnot(orhardlyso)ofthosemediat- in the early stance phase of walking, when they may ing group II excitation to semitendinosus motoneu- playaroleinthestabilisationofthesupportinglimb. In postural tasks and gait, group II excitation may be potentiated by group I activity converging on the Postural tasks relevant lumbar propriospinal neurones.