title: Proximal equine radial and median motor nerve conduction velocity.
abstract: Radial and median motor nerve conduction velocities were determined on 10 clinically healthy 1- to 11-year-old ponies. These velocities were obtained by stimulation at the brachial plexus directly through a surgical incision and later in the ambulatory pony via implanted Formvar-coated wire electrodes. Percutaneous stimulation was used at the cubital region in both anesthetized and ambulatory ponies. The values for radial motor nerve fibers ranged from 96.4 to 100 m/s. These were 15.3% faster than previously reported distal values. Median motor nerve fiber values ranged from 86.8 to 90.2 m/s, which were 14.9% faster than distal velocities. These data showing proximal velocities in the equine to be faster than distal velocities were similar to reported data for persons and dogs.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004576:Electromyography / Q000662:veterinary; D005260:Female; D006736:Horses / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D008475:Median Nerve / Q000502:physiology*; D009431:Neural Conduction; D011826:Radial Nerve / Q000502:physiology*