title: Ulnar nerve at the elbow - normative nerve conduction study.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  A goal of our work was to perform nerve conduction studies (NCSs) of the ulnar nerve focused on the nerve conduction across the elbow on a sufficiently large cohort of healthy subjects in order to generate reliable reference data.
  
  
  METHODS
  We examined the ulnar nerve in a position with the elbow flexion of 90o from horizontal. Motor response was recorded from the abductor digiti minimi muscle (ADM) and the first dorsal interosseous muscle (FDI).
  
  
  RESULTS
  In our sample of 227 healthy volunteers we have examined 380 upper arms with the following results: amplitude (Amp)-CMAP(wrist) for ADM 9.6 ± 2.3 mV, MNCV at the forearm 60.4 ± 5.2 m/s, MNCV across the elbow 57.1 ± 5.9 m/s.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our study showed that motor NCSs of the ulnar nerve above elbow (AE) and below elbow (BE) in a sufficiently large cohort using methodology recommended by AANEM gave results well comparable for registration from FDI and ADM.
authors: Department of Neurology, Regional Hospital and Faculty of Health Studies, University of Pardubice, 44 Kyjevská, 532 03, Pardubice, Czech Republic. edvard.ehler@nemocnice-pardubice.cz.
authors: Edvard
authors: E
authors: Ehler
authors: Petr
authors: P
authors: Ridzoň
authors: Pavel
authors: P
authors: Urban
authors: Radim
authors: R
authors: Mazanec
authors: Marie
authors: M
authors: Nakládalová
authors: Bohumír
authors: B
authors: Procházka
authors: Hana
authors: H
authors: Matulová
authors: Jan
authors: J
authors: Latta
authors: Pavel
authors: P
authors: Otruba
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