[Normal electroneurographic values of the sural nerve related to age]

Neurologia. 1991 Apr;6(4):130-2.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

The normal values of sural nerve electroneurography (ENG) by the antidromic technique with skin electrodes are reported for 104 healthy individuals who were evaluated in decade groups. A lineal increase of the duration (DUR) and an increase, also lineal, of amplitude (AMP) of conduction velocity with age were found. Also, a significantly higher AMP of the evoked sensory potential (ESP) was found in the left than in the right side when all data were considered as a whole. The adjustment for age of the parameters of sural nerve ENG is a basic requirement in the measurement of the electrophysiological abnormalities contributing to the diagnosis of a neuropathy.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aging / physiology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neural Conduction
  • Reference Values
  • Sural Nerve / physiology*