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Electromyographic studies of congenital mirror movements

Centre de recherche en sciences neurologiques, Universite de Montréal, and the Department of Neurology, Hotel-Dieu Hospital, Montréal, Canada.

We studied two patients with congenital mirror movements. In one, the movements were associated with impaired sensation and a cervicodorsal meningocele. In the other, no abnormality of the nervous system was found. In an EMG study, the normal temporal characteristics, response latency, duration, and amount of EMG on the normal and mirror sides suggest that similar motor commands are responsible for both voluntary and mirror movements.

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Lamarre, Centre de recherche en sciences neurologiques, Université de Montreal, CP 6128, succ. A, Montréal, Quebec, Canada, H3C 3J7.

Supported by a Group grant from the Medical Research Council (MRC) of Canada. R.F. was recipient of a Fonds de la recherche en santé du Québec (FRSQ) studentship. Y.L. is a member of the MRC Group in neurological sciences at Univereité de Montreal.

Accepted for publication February 16, 1986.

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