Wasted leg syndrome
Evidence-based neurology checklist on wasted leg syndrome: Demographic features This is a distinct anterior horn cell disorder It usually affects adults doing heavy manual work Clinical features Distribution Electromyogram (EMG) Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)
Demographic features
- This is a distinct anterior horn cell disorder
- It usually affects adults doing heavy manual work
Clinical features
Distribution
Electromyogram (EMG)
Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)
References
- Prabhakar S, Chopra JS, Banerjee AK, Rana PV. Wasted leg syndrome: a clinical, electrophysiological and histopathological study. Clin Neurol Neurosurg 1981; 83:19-28.
- Schön M, Oliveira Santos M, Gromicho M, Pinto S, Swash M, de Carvalho M. Wasted leg syndrome: an atypical slowly-progressive form of lower motor neuron disease. Rev Neurol (Paris) 2023; 179:114-117.
- Kay R, Chan YW, Schwartz MS. The wasted leg syndrome, a single fibre electromyographic study of arms and legs. Neuromuscul Disord 1994; 4:521-525.
