Recovery of Foot Drop in Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP).

INTRODUCTION/AIMS Foot drop is common in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP), but its prognosis is uncertain. METHODS CIDP patients with less than anti-gravity strength ( /= 3/5 in 17/27 patients in one (N=6) or both (N=11) legs. On multi-variate analysis, predictors of recovery of ADF power were tibialis anterior compound muscle action potential amplitude at presentation, shorter disease duration, and female gender. DISCUSSION Foot drop improves to anti-gravity power in most treated CIDP patients depending in part on the severity of fibular motor axon loss at onset of treatment. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.