Abstract
Maximum motor conduction velocity of the median, ulnar and peroneal nerves and maximum sensory conduction velocity of the median nerve have been studied in 635 children, below 12 years of age, free from peripheral nervous system disease.
The children fell into four age-group: from 0 to 1 year; from 1 to 3 years: from 3 to 6 years; from 6 to 12 years. No normal values were recorded for the sensory conduction velocity of the median nerve under the age of one year. The motor conduction velocity values significantly rise for the median and ulnar nerves up to 1 year, for the peroneal nerve up to 3 years. The sensory conduction velocity values of median nerve increase significantly up to 6 years.
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La velocità di conduzione motoria massima nei nervi mediano, ulnare e peroneale e la velocità di conduzione massima sensoriale nel solo nervo mediano sono state studiate in 635 bambini al di sotto dei 12 anni senza alcun segno di sofferenza del sistema nervoso periferico. L'analisi ha permesso di riconoscere 4 gruppi di età: da 0 a 1 anno; da 1 a 3 anni; da 3 a 6 anni; da 6 a 12 anni. I valori della velocità di conduzione motoria aumentano significativamente fino a 1 anno per i nervi mediano ed ulnare e fino a 3 anni per il nervo peroneale. I valori della velocità di conduzione sensitiva del nervo mediano aumentano significativamente fino a 6 anni.
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Moglia, A., Zandrini, C., Rascaroli, M. et al. Peripheral nerve conduction velocity in normal infants and children. Ital J Neuro Sci 10, 311–314 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02333777
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