INTRODUCTION It is generally believed that a shorter stimulus duration is less painful in nerve conduction studies (NCS). We investigated whether a shorter duration stimulus is actually less painful when the same physiological effect, such as supramaximal stimulation, is achieved in motor NCS. METHODS The tibial nerve was stimulated at the ankle in 14 control subjects and the median nerve at ...

Posterior interosseous nerve palsy caused by a ganglion is not common and most previous patients were treated with excisional surgery. We treated a case conservatively with needle aspiration using ultrasonography, after a nerve conduction study. A 77-year-old man presented with impaired active finger extension of the left metacarpophalangeal joints. The nerve conduction study revealed conductio...

introduction abnormal neural impulses in the nervous system may lead to various diseases and disabilities. high frequency alternating currents (hfac) has been used to block the propagation of such impulses and improve the symptoms or disabilities. the technique is safe, reversible, and relatively selective, and its reliability, the optimum stimulation parameters, and elimination of the onset re...

Nerve conduction studies have become an important non invasive tool for diagnosis of nerve lesions. Among the various factors affecting nerve conduction gender may have a significant role. This study was planned to study the effect of gender on various parameters of nerve conduction. Nerve conduction study data of 30 males and female subject was obtained retrospectively from the lab records and...

Aim: To study the various electrophysiological changes in the motor conduction, sensory conduction and F wave latencies of acute Guillain-Barre Syndrome patients. Methods: Sixteen patients with acute GBS were included in this study. They were subjected to various nerve conduction studies (NCS) following standardized procedures. The mean values obtained for the various nerve conduction parameter...

BACKGROUND Because of lack of local normative data, electrodiagnostic laboratories in Nigeria apply standard values generated in the USA and Europe to diagnose different median nerve abnormalities. AIM To develop normative values for motor and sensory median nerve conduction studies (NCSs) in Nigerian population. SUBJECTS AND METHODS In a cross-sectional study design, a total of 200 healthy...