Fibrillations in lumbosacral paraspinal muscles of normal subjects.

Abstract:

:Although paraspinal muscle fibrillations and positive sharp waves (PSWs) are used to help identify neuromuscular disorders, the frequency of these abnormalities in normal subjects is uncertain. We performed lumbosacral paraspinal electromyography in 65 normal subjects. Twenty-seven (42%) had fibrillations and/or PSWs, with the prevalence of these findings increasing with age (r = 0.830, P = 0.040). These data suggest isolated fibrillations and PSWs in lumbosacral paraspinal muscles, especially of older subjects, are nonspecific findings.

journal_name

Muscle Nerve

journal_title

Muscle & nerve

authors

Nardin RA,Raynor EM,Rutkove SB

doi

10.1002/(sici)1097-4598(199810)21:10<1347::aid-mus

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1998-10-01 00:00:00

pages

1347-9

issue

10

eissn

0148-639X

issn

1097-4598

pii

10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199810)21:10<1347::AID-MUS

journal_volume

21

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