CERVICOBRACHIAL SYNDROME IN PATIENTS WITH SPINAL OSTEOCHONDROSIS

The article presents clinical profile of patients with cervical osteochondrosis and cervicobrachial syndrome, results of cliniconeurological examination including X-ray diagnostics (plain frontal and lateral radiography of cervical spine, functional tests, frontal and lateral X-ray imaging of large joints of upper limbs), MRI of cervical spine, stimulation electroneuromyography and osteodensimetry. Statistical processing with definition of nonparametric test and correlation coefficient was performed using SPSS 22.0.0 software. Pearson and Spearman nonparametric tests were used for correlation analysis. Examination of patients with cervicobrachial syndrome revealed that bone tissue condition of a limb with pain syndrome slightly differs from the bone tissue condition of a healthy limb and is within normal range. Neuromyography showed that abnormality of a functional condition of studied nerves of upper limbs was not pronounced and was registered on both limbs. As a result of our research we can suppose that asymmetric abnormal focus inhibits peripheral and central chains of locomotor system both on injured and healthy limbs. Differences in functional condition of peripheral nerves of upper limbs in patients with cervicobrachial syndrome and healthy people are statistically significant and allow us to consider them as a sign of decompensation which prevent healthy performance.

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