OBJECTIVE To investigate the validity of automated nerve conduction studies compared to traditional electrodiagnostic studies (EDS) for testing median nerve abnormalities in a working population. DESIGN Agreement study and sensitivity investigation from 2 devices. SETTING Field research testing laboratory. PARTICIPANTS Active workers from several industries participating in a longitudinal...

BACKGROUND It is well known that reducing tissue temperature changes sensory and motor nerve conduction. However, few studies have compared the effect of different cold modalities on nerve conduction parameters. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of ice pack, ice massage, and cold water immersion on the conduction parameters of the sural (sensorial) and tibial moto...

We report a case of a 29-year-old man who presented with a distal humeral shaft fracture sustained by blunt trauma. Physicalexamination and nerve conduction study were consistent with injury to the median and radial nerves proximal to theelbow. The patient underwent open reduction and internal fixation of the humeral shaft fracture with neurolysis of the medianand radial nerves. Repeat electrom...

OBJECTIVE To determine an ideal stimulation site of the medial antebrachial cutaneous nerve (MACN) using ultrasound measurement and to compare the efficiency of the new stimulation site with the conventional stimulation site on the nerve conduction study. METHODS Both arms of 15 healthy participants were measured using ultrasound. The MACN was identified in the transverse view at each 0, 2, 4...

Correspondence to: Dr Arup Mallik, Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow G51 4TF, UK; [email protected]. uk _________________________ A neurologist has sent a patient for nerve conduction studies (NCS) and has received the report, but what does it mean? We hope to remove some of the mysteries that may surround NCS. ...

Human and veterinary scientific researchers widely use rats as experimental animals. The rat nerves conduction studies are used for investigations of neural tissue injury, neural regeneration, peripheral neuropathies etc. in experimental models. Nerve conduction studies on animals do not follow strict rules, as studies in humans. Various methods and lack of the single recognized technique of ne...

OBJECTIVE The nerve conduction findings in interdigital neuropathy of the foot (IDN; Morton's neuroma) have rarely been reported. We analyzed the nerve conduction data in 23 patients with suspected IDN studied between 1982 and 2002. METHOD Diagnosis of IDN was made on the basis of clinical features. All patients underwent routine nerve conduction studies and a near-nerve needle sensory nerve ...

introduction: diabetic polyneuropathy is one of the most common and important complications of diabetes mellitus for its clinical ranking. several clinical categorising scoring systems have been designated. among them only toronto clinical scoring system (tcss) had been partially evaluated on the basis of pathologic findings in sural nerve biopsy. only the mild cases had been studied since the ...