[EMG-findings and nerve conduction velocity in herpes zoster disease (author's transl)]

We have performed a myography on three patients and an additional study of the nerve conduction velocity (CV) on two adult patients suffering from herpes zoster. It could be demonstrated that the affected muscles can suffer at the same time a neuropathy as well as a myopathy. We found fibrillations and CV-reduction also in clinically healthy nerves and muscles. The abnormal findings were most prominent in the clinically affected segments and often suggested an in portio lesion of the motor unit. The infiltration of the spinal ganglion appears to have no paramount significance for the understanding of this disease.