Ulnar nerve at the elbow - normative nerve conduction study.
J Brachial Plex Peripher Nerve Inj
; 8(1): 2, 2013 Feb 11.
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ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
A goal of our work was to perform nerve conduction studies (NCSs) of the ulnar nerve focused on the nerve conduction across the elbow on a sufficiently large cohort of healthy subjects in order to generate reliable reference data.METHODS:
We examined the ulnar nerve in a position with the elbow flexion of 90o from horizontal. Motor response was recorded from the abductor digiti minimi muscle (ADM) and the first dorsal interosseous muscle (FDI).RESULTS:
In our sample of 227 healthy volunteers we have examined 380 upper arms with the followingresults:
amplitude (Amp)-CMAP(wrist) for ADM 9.6 ± 2.3 mV, MNCV at the forearm 60.4 ± 5.2 m/s, MNCV across the elbow 57.1 ± 5.9 m/s.DISCUSSION:
Our study showed that motor NCSs of the ulnar nerve above elbow (AE) and below elbow (BE) in a sufficiently large cohort using methodology recommended by AANEM gave results well comparable for registration from FDI and ADM.
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