Does Low-does Cervical Epidural Lidocaine Cause Transient Weakness?

Summary

"Does low-does cervical epidural lidocaine cause transient weakness?"

Timeline

Start

2017-12-20

Primary completion

2019-08-19

Completion

2020-08-19

Publications

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• Background Stav A, Ovadia L, Sternberg A, Kaadan M, Weksler N. Cervical epidural steroid injection for cervicobrachialgia. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 1993 Aug;37(6):562-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.1993.tb03765.x.
• Background Ferrante FM, Wilson SP, Iacobo C, Orav EJ, Rocco AG, Lipson S. Clinical classification as a predictor of therapeutic outcome after cervical epidural steroid injection. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 1993 May;18(6):730-6. doi: 10.1097/00007632-199305000-00010.
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• Background Rowlingson JC, Kirschenbaum LP. Epidural analgesic techniques in the management of cervical pain. Anesth Analg. 1986 Sep;65(9):938-42.
• Background Castagnera L, Maurette P, Pointillart V, Vital JM, Erny P, Senegas J. Long-term results of cervical epidural steroid injection with and without morphine in chronic cervical radicular pain. Pain. 1994 Aug;58(2):239-243. doi: 10.1016/0304-3959(94)90204-6.
• Background Lee SH, Kim KT, Kim DH, Lee BJ, Son ES, Kwack YH. Clinical outcomes of cervical radiculopathy following epidural steroid injection: a prospective study with follow-up for more than 2 years. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2012 May 20;37(12):1041-7. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31823b4d1f.
• Background McCormick ZL, Nelson A, Bhave M, Zhukalin M, Kendall M, McCarthy RJ, Khan D, Nagpal G, Walega DR. A Prospective Randomized Comparative Trial of Targeted Steroid Injection Via Epidural Catheter Versus Standard C7-T1 Interlaminar Approach for the Treatment of Unilateral Cervical Radicular Pain. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2017 Jan-Feb;42(1):82-89. doi: 10.1097/AAP.0000000000000521.
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• Background Plastaras C, McCormick ZL, Garvan C, Macron D, Joshi A, Chimes G, Smeal W, Rittenberg J, Kennedy DJ. Adverse events associated with fluoroscopically guided lumbosacral transforaminal epidural steroid injections. Spine J. 2015 Oct 1;15(10):2157-65. doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2015.05.034. Epub 2015 Jun 9.
• Background Ortiz MP, Godoy MC, Schlosser RS, Ortiz RP, Godoy JP, Santiago ES, Rigo FK, Beck V, Duarte T, Duarte MM, Menezes MS. Effect of endovenous lidocaine on analgesia and serum cytokines: double-blinded and randomized trial. J Clin Anesth. 2016 Dec;35:70-77. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2016.07.021. Epub 2016 Aug 6.
• Background Gray A, Marrero-Berrios I, Weinberg J, Manchikalapati D, SchianodiCola J, Schloss RS, Yarmush J. The effect of local anesthetic on pro-inflammatory macrophage modulation by mesenchymal stromal cells. Int Immunopharmacol. 2016 Apr;33:48-54. doi: 10.1016/j.intimp.2016.01.019. Epub 2016 Feb 6.
• Background van der Wal SE, van den Heuvel SA, Radema SA, van Berkum BF, Vaneker M, Steegers MA, Scheffer GJ, Vissers KC. The in vitro mechanisms and in vivo efficacy of intravenous lidocaine on the neuroinflammatory response in acute and chronic pain. Eur J Pain. 2016 May;20(5):655-74. doi: 10.1002/ejp.794. Epub 2015 Dec 18.
• Background Bohannon RW. Reference values for extremity muscle strength obtained by hand-held dynamometry from adults aged 20 to 79 years. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 1997 Jan;78(1):26-32. doi: 10.1016/s0003-9993(97)90005-8.
• Background Bohannon RW. Grip strength impairments among older adults receiving physical therapy in a home-care setting. Percept Mot Skills. 2010 Dec;111(3):761-4. doi: 10.2466/03.10.15.PMS.111.6.761-764.
• Background Hayes K, Walton JR, Szomor ZL, Murrell GA. Reliability of 3 methods for assessing shoulder strength. J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2002 Jan-Feb;11(1):33-9. doi: 10.1067/mse.2002.119852.
• Background Kolber MJ, Beekhuizen K, Cheng MS, Fiebert IM. The reliability of hand-held dynamometry in measuring isometric strength of the shoulder internal and external rotator musculature using a stabilization device. Physiother Theory Pract. 2007 Mar-Apr;23(2):119-24. doi: 10.1080/09593980701213032.
• Background Awatani T, Mori S, Shinohara J, Koshiba H, Nariai M, Tatsumi Y, Nagata A, Morikita I. Same-session and between-day intra-rater reliability of hand-held dynamometer measurements of isometric shoulder extensor strength. J Phys Ther Sci. 2016 Mar;28(3):936-9. doi: 10.1589/jpts.28.936. Epub 2016 Mar 31.
• Background Fieseler G, Molitor T, Irlenbusch L, Delank KS, Laudner KG, Hermassi S, Schwesig R. Intrarater reliability of goniometry and hand-held dynamometry for shoulder and elbow examinations in female team handball athletes and asymptomatic volunteers. Arch Orthop Trauma Surg. 2015 Dec;135(12):1719-26. doi: 10.1007/s00402-015-2331-6. Epub 2015 Sep 19.
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