Related Experiment Video
Updated: Aug 2, 2026
07:16
Extraction of the EPP Component from the Surface EMG
Published on: December 16, 2009
Electromyographic abnormalities in Paget disease of the thoracolumbar vertebral column
Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
|July 1, 1981
Abstract:
This report describes a patient with Paget disease of the lower thoracic and lumbosacral vertebrae who developed slowly progressive paraparesis. The electromyographic findings were abnormal in the thoracolumbar paraspinal muscles and the right medial gastrocnemius muscle. In the presence of a normal myelogram, we concluded that the denervation found by electromyography was due to neural ischemia rather than mechanical compression of neural tissue, as is sometimes the case.
Related Concept Videos
01:27Muscles of the Vertebral Column
The back muscles that lie deep into the thoracolumbar fascia are called intrinsic or true back muscles. These muscles are divided into four layers: superficial, intermediate, deep, and deepest layers.
Superficial Layer:
The superficial layer consists primarily of the splenius muscles, which include the splenius capitis and splenius cervicis. These muscles are mainly responsible for the head and cervical spine movements, including extension, rotation, and lateral bending. The splenius capitis...
Superficial Layer:
The superficial layer consists primarily of the splenius muscles, which include the splenius capitis and splenius cervicis. These muscles are mainly responsible for the head and cervical spine movements, including extension, rotation, and lateral bending. The splenius capitis...
01:11Alterations in Muscle Tone lll
Rigidity and myotonia are distinct abnormalities of muscle tone that affect resistance and relaxation during movement. Although both involve altered muscle contraction, they arise from different neurological and muscular mechanisms.CharacteristicsRigidity is characterized by uniform resistance to passive movement across the entire range, independent of speed, affecting flexors and extensors equally. It may appear as lead-pipe rigidity (smooth, constant resistance) or cogwheel rigidity...