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Abstract
reasonable accurate predicion of stroke patient’s recovery can be made from measurements taken in the acute phase. The importance of this could be used in planning for effective forms of therapy and rehabilitaion with regard to the amount of therapeutic resources allocated under strict cost efficiency criteria. So, the aim of this study was to evaluate the importance of somatosensory evoked potentials in functional recovery of stroke patients. This study was conducted on 40 Egyptient patients. They were subjected to bilateral SEPs study. Evaluation of the respons was based on assessment of latency, interpeak latency, and amplitude. Results were compared with the healthy non-affectd side. For functional assessment, NIHSS was used in this study. The clinical and electrophysiology assessment were conducted at 7 days, 1 month and 3 months after onset of stroke. In the present study, eleven patients (27.5 %) were lost to follow up at 1 month and 3 month because of death, recurrence of stroke or refusal. Eleven patients (27.5%) had absent cortical responses (non-responders). In patients shoeings aresponse(responders), a statistically significant delay in latency and interpeak cortical latency on the affected side was found as compared with non-affected side.