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Normal reference value of orthodromic and antidromic sensory nerve conduction velocity of median nerve with intact palmaris longus tendon in apparently healthy individuals

  • Sunil Chouhan ORCID logo EMAIL logo , Ruchi Singh , Ragini Shrisvastava , Akriti Gupta and Ravi Naveen
Published/Copyright: July 22, 2021
Journal of Basic and Clinical Physiology and Pharmacology
From the journal Journal of Basic and Clinical Physiology and Pharmacology Volume 33 Issue 4

Abstract

Objectives

The aim of this study was to determine normative electrophysiological reference values of median sensory nerve conduction studies among security guards with the palmaris longus tendon (PLT).

Methods

Sensory nerve conduction studies of the median nerve using antidromic and orthodromic methods were conducted in the upper limbs of 101 healthy male security guards between the ages of 21 and 42 years. The presence of the PLT was recorded in both hands using a standard test. A scatter plot was used to determine the correlation between different parameters using the ortho and antidromic methods.

Results

The mean age (years), weight (kg), height (cm), and BMI (kg/m2) were 28.77 ± 5.14, 70.53 ± 11.28, 171.71 ± 7.12, and 23.91 ± 3.45, respectively. In the median nerve (sensory) by antidromic method, the mean distal latency (DL) was 2.65 ± 0.33 ms and 2.64 ± 0.37, SNCV (sensory nerve conduction velocity) was 53.45 ± 5.28 m/s and 53.84 ± 5.68 and the amplitude was 27.33 ± 12.38 µV and 29.41 ± 12.97 in the left- and right-hand wrist, respectively. By orthodromic method the DL was 2.54 ± 0.53 ms and 2.51 ± 0.44, SNCV was 55.93 ± 6.09 m/s and 55.93 ± 5.24 and the sensory nerve action potential amplitude was 12.00 ± 8.82 µV and 11.72 ± 6.24 in the left and right hand, respectively. Spearman correlations were used to determine the variables influenced by hand sidedness.

Conclusions

The normative reference parameters of sensory nerve conduction velocity of the median nerve were established by both methods using a standardized technique.

Keywords: antidromic nerve conduction test; median nerve; nerve conduction velocity; orthodromic nerve conduction test; sensory conduction
Corresponding author: Dr. Sunil Chouhan, Associate professor, Department of Physiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bhopal, MP, India, Mobile: +91 9425649056, E-mail:

Acknowledgements

We are thankful to all persons for their precious time from their busy schedules, allowing us to take different parameters concerned with the study.

  1. Author contributions: All authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this manuscript and approved its submission.

  2. Research funding: None declared.

  3. Competing interests: None.

  4. Informed consent: Informed consent was obtained from all individuals included in this study.

  5. Ethical approval: The Institute Institutional Review Board and Ethical permission was taken before the commencement of the study.

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Supplementary Material

The online version of this article offers supplementary material (https://doi.org/10.1515/jbcpp-2020-0375).

Received: 2020-12-28
Revised: 2021-06-30
Accepted: 2021-06-30
Published Online: 2021-07-22

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Keywords for this article
antidromic nerve conduction test; median nerve; nerve conduction velocity; orthodromic nerve conduction test; sensory conduction

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