Clinical, Radiological And Electrophysiological Correlative Study Of Discogenic Lumbar Radiculopathy

The aim of this work was to assess the electrophysiological studies and MRI finding in patients with lumbosacral radiculopathy in order to determine how they correlate with one another and with the clinical syndrome.In the present study, twenty patients suffering from discogenic lumbosacral radiculopathy were included; they were five females and fifteen males. They were divided clinically into two groups (definite and probable) according to Nardin et al., (1999).All subjects of the study were subjected to the following: Complete history taking. Complete clinical examination with stress on the neurological examination. Nerve conduction studies. Late responses (F-wave). EMG. Lumbosacral MRI.From this study, we found that: There was significant correlation between subjective muscle weakness with the nerve root injury. Radicular leg pain was the most sensitive and accurate symptom in diagnosis of lumbosacral radiculopathy.