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Normal values of nerve conduction in children and adolescents. 1995

L Hyllienmark, and J Ludvigsson, and T Brismar

Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University Hospital of Linköping, Sweden.

Healthy children and adolescents (n = 128) ranging in age from 6 to 20 years and in height from 114 to 193 cm underwent studies of median, peroneal and sural nerves bilaterally, including nerve conduction velocity, amplitude and motor distal latencies. Arms and legs were heated in all subjects to obtain skin temperatures around 34 degrees C. Both motor and sensory nerve conduction velocities were found to correlate more with height than with age. There was a strong negative correlation between height and peroneal conduction velocity (r = -0.40, P < 0.0001). On the contrary, a positive correlation was found between height and both median sensory (r = 0.30, P < 0.0001) and motor (r = 0.22, P < 0.001) conduction velocities. Skin temperature, even near 34 degrees C, had a strong effect on conduction velocity and motor distal latencies. It is concluded that consideration of height and temperature will improve the diagnostic safety of nerve conduction measurements in children and young adults.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D009431	Neural Conduction	The propagation of the NERVE IMPULSE along the nerve away from the site of an excitation stimulus.	Nerve Conduction,Conduction, Nerve,Conduction, Neural,Conductions, Nerve,Conductions, Neural,Nerve Conductions,Neural Conductions
D010525	Peripheral Nerves	The nerves outside of the brain and spinal cord, including the autonomic, cranial, and spinal nerves. Peripheral nerves contain non-neuronal cells and connective tissue as well as axons. The connective tissue layers include, from the outside to the inside, the epineurium, the perineurium, and the endoneurium.	Endoneurium,Epineurium,Perineurium,Endoneuriums,Epineuriums,Nerve, Peripheral,Nerves, Peripheral,Perineuriums,Peripheral Nerve
D010543	Peroneal Nerve	The lateral of the two terminal branches of the sciatic nerve. The peroneal (or fibular) nerve provides motor and sensory innervation to parts of the leg and foot.	Fibular Nerve,Fibular Nerves,Nerve, Fibular,Nerve, Peroneal,Nerves, Fibular,Nerves, Peroneal,Peroneal Nerves
D012016	Reference Values	The range or frequency distribution of a measurement in a population (of organisms, organs or things) that has not been selected for the presence of disease or abnormality.	Normal Range,Normal Values,Reference Ranges,Normal Ranges,Normal Value,Range, Normal,Range, Reference,Ranges, Normal,Ranges, Reference,Reference Range,Reference Value,Value, Normal,Value, Reference,Values, Normal,Values, Reference
D002648	Child	A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL.	Children
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000200	Action Potentials	Abrupt changes in the membrane potential that sweep along the CELL MEMBRANE of excitable cells in response to excitation stimuli.	Spike Potentials,Nerve Impulses,Action Potential,Impulse, Nerve,Impulses, Nerve,Nerve Impulse,Potential, Action,Potential, Spike,Potentials, Action,Potentials, Spike,Spike Potential
D000293	Adolescent	A person 13 to 18 years of age.	Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths