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Nerve Conduction Studies

Neurologic Clinics, 2021
Rebecca O’Bryan, John Kincaid
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Motor Nerve Conduction Tests in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Frontiers in Neurology, 2019
Background: For the preoperatively often required confirmation of clinically defined carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), sensory as well as motor nerve conduction studies can be applied. The aim of this study was to test the sensitivity of specific motor nerve
Franka Claes, Jan Meulstee, Verhagen Wim I M   +2 more
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Nerve conduction and electromyography studies

Journal of Neurology, 2012
Nerve conduction studies (NCS) and electromyography (EMG), often shortened to 'EMGs', are a useful adjunct to clinical examination of the peripheral nervous system and striated skeletal muscle. NCS provide an efficient and rapid method of quantifying nerve conduction velocity (CV) and the amplitude of both sensory nerve action potentials (SNAPs) and ...
N M, Kane, A, Oware
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Phrenic nerve conduction studies

Muscle & Nerve, 1992
AbstractTo refine in the technique of phrenic nerve conduction, we first studied electrode positioning and sources of chest wall artifact. Diaphragmatic compound motor action potentials (DCMAPs) were mapped at close intervals over 4 hemithoraces of two subjects, finding optimum recording sites which were then used to quantitate artifacts due to EKG ...
M R, Swenson, R S, Rubenstein
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Sensory nerve conduction study of the mental nerve

Muscle & Nerve, 2000
We describe a technique for sensory nerve conduction study of the mental nerve. A monopolar recording needle is placed near the mandibular foramen using the same approach as that for routine inferior alveolar nerve block in dentistry, and a surface reference electrode is positioned over the ipsilateral mastoid process.
G R, Deeb, E, Dierks, Y T, So
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Nerve Conduction Studies of the Sural Nerve in Childhood

Journal of Child Neurology, 1988
A study of the sural nerve was undertaken to determine latency to onset and peak, duration of action potential, amplitude, and conduction velocity in 33 children, 1 to 7 years old. Multiple tests per patient resulted in 140 measurements per variable.
A, Bye, E, Fagan
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Nerve conduction studies.

Australian family physician, 2012
This article forms part of our 'Tests and results' series for 2011 which aims to provide information about common tests that general practitioners order regularly. It considers areas such as indications, what to tell the patient, what the test can and cannot tell you, and interpretation of results.
William, Huynh, Matthew C, Kiernan
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Electrodiagnosis and Nerve Conduction Studies

Clinics in Podiatry, 1984
The use of electrodiagnostic techniques in evaluation of complaints in the lower extremities provides an objective method of assessment. A basic understanding of principles of neurophysiology, EMG and NCV methodology, and neuropathology of peripheral nerves greatly enhances physical diagnosis and improves the state of the art in treatment of the lower ...
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Sensory Nerve Conduction Studies

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology, 1994
Sensory nerve conduction studies (NCS) are an indispensable component of the electrodiagnostic examination. They evolved from mixed NCS, and were initially described by Dawson in 1950. Gilliatt and Sears first reported their clinical value in 1958. Compared to motor NCS, sensory NCS are much less standardized.
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Nerve conduction study of the three supraclavicular nerve branches

Muscle & Nerve, 2018
ABSTRACTIntroduction: We describe a new nerve conduction study technique with reference values for the 3 branches of the supraclavicular nerve (SCN) in young healthy subjects and application of it in 2 patients. Methods: The recording electrode was placed on the posterior border of the sternocleidomastoid muscle, 6–7 cm from the sternoclavicular joint.
Martinez-Aparicio C, Jääskeläinen SK, Muyor, JM, Falck, B   +3 more
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