Avtor/Urednik     Klopčič-Spevak, M; Prevec, TS
Naslov     A noninvasive method of neurography in meralgia paraesthetica
Tip     članek
Vir     Muscle Nerve
Vol. in št.     Letnik 18
Leto izdaje     1995
Obseg     str. 601-5
Jezik     eng
Abstrakt     The lateral femoral cutanous nerve (LFCN) becomes superficial 10 cm distal to the anterior superior iliac spine, where it can be located and stimulated by superficial electrodes. This is not the case in the inguinal region. In the present study the LFCN compound nerve action potential (NAP) was recorded with a pair of 8-cm-long strip electrodes placed on the anterolateral aspect of the thigh 25 cm distal to the stimulating electrodes. Normative values were obtained in 58 healthy nerves. The conduction velocity (CV) was 62.3 +- 1.0 micro V). This method provided definite neurophysiological evidence of the disorder in 12 of 13 patients with meralgia paraesthetica. According to our results, a slowing of CV is a more reliable sign of the condition than a decrease of NAP amplitude alone.
Deskriptorji     NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES
NEURAL CONDUCTION
ELECTRIC STIMULATION
FEMORAL NERVE
EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY
ADULT