Velocities of motor and sensory nerve conduction are the same for right and left arms in right- and left-handed normal subjects.
The velocities of motor and sensory conduction of median and ulnar nerves were measured on the left and right arms of 33 right-handed and 12 left-handed normal subjects. Contrary to current knowledge there was no statistically significant difference in the velocities of nerve conduction on the left and right sides of these subjects. It was suggested that the differences in the velocities of nerve conduction cannot contribute to the mechanisms of handedness.
D000328:Adult; D001132:Arm / Q000294:innervation*; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008475:Median Nerve / Q000502:physiology; D009431:Neural Conduction; D013997:Time Factors; D014459:Ulnar Nerve / Q000502:physiology