Author/Editor		Klopčič-Spevak, M; Prevec, TS
Title		A noninvasive method of neurography in meralgia paraesthetica
Type		članek
Source		Muscle Nerve
Vol. and No.		Letnik 18
Publication year		1995
Volume		str. 601-5
Language		eng
Abstract		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.
Descriptors		NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES NEURAL CONDUCTION ELECTRIC STIMULATION FEMORAL NERVE EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY ADULT