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Owolabi LF, Adebisi SS, Danborno BS, et al. Median Nerve Conduction in Healthy Nigerians: Normative Data. Ann Med Health Sci Res. 2016;6(2):85-9doi: 10.4103/2141-9248.181839.
Owolabi, L. F., Adebisi, S. S., Danborno, B. S., & Buraimoh, A. A. (2016). Median Nerve Conduction in Healthy Nigerians: Normative Data. Annals of medical and health sciences research, 6(2), 85-9. https://doi.org/10.4103/2141-9248.181839
Owolabi, L F, et al. "Median Nerve Conduction in Healthy Nigerians: Normative Data." Annals of medical and health sciences research vol. 6,2 (2016): 85-9. doi: https://doi.org/10.4103/2141-9248.181839
Owolabi LF, Adebisi SS, Danborno BS, Buraimoh AA. Median Nerve Conduction in Healthy Nigerians: Normative Data. Ann Med Health Sci Res. 2016 Mar-Apr;6(2):85-9. doi: 10.4103/2141-9248.181839. PMID: 27213090; PMCID: PMC4866372.
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Ann Med Health Sci Res. 2016 Mar-Apr;6(2):85-9. doi: 10.4103/2141-9248.181839.

Median Nerve Conduction in Healthy Nigerians: Normative Data.

Annals of medical and health sciences research

L F Owolabi, S S Adebisi, B S Danborno, A A Buraimoh

Affiliations

  1. Department of Medicine, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria.
  2. Department of Human Anatomy, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria.

PMID: 27213090 PMCID: PMC4866372 DOI: 10.4103/2141-9248.181839

Abstract

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 volunteers were selected after clinical evaluation to exclude systemic or neuromuscular disorders. NCS of the median nerves was conducted on all the healthy volunteers according to a standardized protocol. The data included in the final analysis were amplitude, latency, and nerve conduction velocity. Ethical approval was obtained for the study.

RESULTS: The reference range for median nerve (motor) velocity, distal latency, and amplitude were 49.48-66.92, 1.95-4.52, and 4.3-11.3, respectively. The reference range for median nerve F-wave latency was 44.8-70.5. The reference range for median nerve (sensory) velocity, distal latency, and amplitude were 44.8-70.5, 1.98-4.52, and 16.6-58.4, respectively.

CONCLUSION: Reference values for the nerve conduction parameters of the median (motor and sensory) in the study population were similar to those obtained in the literature.

Keywords: Median nerve; Nerve conduction studies; Normal values

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