hi there

I have got the results to my nerve conduction/emg studies that I had done last week. Basically everything (sensory and motor) was reduced or absent in my lower legs, no surprises there. My hand problems are not caused by my neuropathy, but they are now thinking this is basically more damage to my brain so the signals are not getting through (honestly, this is ok, I have so many other areas where the signals are not getting through it makes little difference whether it is neuropathy or not). However, they expect my sensorimotor neuropathy to hit my hands very soon as I am right in the bottom range of normal and used to be much higher up the normal range ie my hands are being affected, they just haven't dropped out of the normal range just yet. So, I can expect to start loosing sensation in my hands sometime soonish, plus of course more motor damage which will be pretty meaningless as my left hand has already lost so much function.

But, my question is really about tibial f waves. Of course, I can wait and talk to my neurologist, but this is much more fun (hahaha). I talked to one of my docs today about it, and he gave me the results, and I expect to hear from my neuro in due course. The doctor who did it told me that some of my muscles have too much activity going on in them, which makes a lot of sense as they sort of lock up - spasticity really. My studies show tibial f waves in both legs, and I am thinking this is what the neurologist who did the study was talking about. My feet are very twisted and it seems likely that the spasticity is doing it.

So, does anyone know anything about tibial f waves ? I know they can be connected with spasticity (good old google) but most of what I read is just gobbledeegook.

thanks guys

raglet