Conduction Studies of the Saphenous Nerve in Normal Subjects and Patients with Femoral Neuropathy.

Author: Il Saing CHOI ¹
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1. Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Publication Type:Original Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Keywords: femoral neuropathy; saphenous neuropathy; antidromically
MeSH: Adult; Female; Femoral Nerve*; Human; Male; Middle Age; Neural Conduction*; Peripheral Nervous System Diseases/physiopathology; Thigh/innervation*
From:Yonsei Medical Journal 1981;22(1):49-52
CountryRepublic of Korea
Language:English
Abstract: Conduction velocity of the saphenous nerve was studied antidromically. The value in 20 control subjects was 42.22 +/- 4.83 (SD) m/sec. In 7 patients with femoral neuropathy, the sensory nerve conduction in the symptomatic nerves was definitely abnormal : nerve potential was absent in 4 and conduction velocity was slow in 2. In 1 patient, a possible asymptomatic femoral neuropathy was suggested by this test. Conduction velocity of the saphenous nerve can be used as an objective diagnostic aid in femoral neuropathy, saphenous neuropathy and polyneuropathy.