What is it about?

Usefulness of MEPs to distinguish psychogenic quadriparesis from true quadriparesis.

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Why is it important?

MEPs can precisely show that the motor pathway is intact in cases of psychogenic paresis.

Perspectives

Use of MEPs and other neurophysiological procedures would give some clue to diagnose psychogenic motor dysfunction.

Professor Nobuhito Morota
Kitasato University School of Medicine

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This page is a summary of: The Use of Motor Evoked Potentials in the Diagnosis of Psychogenic Quadriparesis, Pediatric Neurosurgery, March 2008, Karger Publishers,
DOI: 10.1159/000120789.
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