title: Motor nerve conduction velocity & Hoffman's reflex latency in newborns.
abstract: A total of 72 newborns and their mothers were studied to assess the influence of various variables on the motor nerve conduction velocity (MNCV) and Hoffman's reflex latency (H-RL) of the babies with a view to differentiate fullterm and preterm low birth weight babies. MNCV were significantly lower and H-RL significantly higher in preterm appropriate for gestational (PT-AGA) age babies compared to fullterm appropriate for gestational age (FT-AGA) and fullterm intrauterine growth retarded babies (FT-IUGR). In FT-IUGR babies, only MNCV was significantly reduced as compared to FT-AGA babies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.
authors.forename: B D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Bhatia
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Prakash
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Satya
mesh_terms: D006181:H-Reflex / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn / Q000502:physiology* / Q000523:psychology; D009431:Neural Conduction / Q000502:physiology*; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology*