EMG Finding According to the Type of Lumbar Disc Herniation

Yeungnam University Hospital

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Electromyography; Intervertebral Disc Displacement

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: electromyography

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04538807

2020-07-005-001

Details and patient eligibility

About

Disc herniation is a common cause of low back pain and leg pain. Electromyography is the only test that can objectively examine nerve damage caused by a lumbar disc herniation. This study aimed to compare the MRI findings of disc herniation and the aspects of electromyography.

Enrollment: 74 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 19 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Radicular pain within 6 months
• Disc herniation confirmed by lumbar MRI
• undergoing electromyography

Exclusion criteria

• Patients who refused electromyography
• Patients taking warfarin
• Lower limb amputation patient
• Pregnant women
• Patients who have undergone surgical treatment for disc herniation
• Patients with peripheral neuropathy ( AIDP, CIDP, diabetic amyotrophy, peroneal pals et al.)

Trial design

74 participants in 1 patient group

Lumbar disc herniation

Description:

Patients are complaining of lower extremity radiating pain due to lumbar disc herniation.

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: electromyography