[Pain: clinical picture and objective criteria of therapy adequacy]

The paper is dedicated to electroencephalographic monitoring in the therapy and rehabilitation of patients with acute radicular pain syndromes of the disc etiology. Spontaneous electromyograms (EMG) of the shin muscles in healthy and affected legs and stimulation electroneurograms were registered in 52 patients; the readings were subsequently processed on the basis of Fourier analysis for the 4-sec maximal muscle contraction. The studies made it possible to detect the degree of destructive changes in the neuromotor apparatus and to monitor its functional recovery in pharmacotherapy, central and peripheral blocks, artificial correction of movements and in acupuncture.