Table 2.
The values detected in motor and sensory nerves in lower extremity
| Control (n=30) Mean ± SD med (min-max) | Patient (n=30) Mean ± SD med (min-max) | p | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tibial nerve | Distal latency | 3.36+0.4 3.28 (2.4–3.96) | 3.42+0.4 3.33 (2.61–4.22) | 0.5922 |
| Distal amplitude | 10.48+3.38 10.75 (4.4–17) | 8.62+3.13 8.55 (4–18.2) | 0.0312 | |
| Velocity | 46.8+3.9 45.55 (41.3–59.32) | 47.14+3.43 46.7 (41.1–55.1) | 0.4691 | |
| Peroneal nerve | Distal latency | 3.63+0.5 3.59 (2.29–4.43) | 4.04+0.47 4.06 (3.28–5) | 0.0022 |
| Distal amplitude | 4.83+1.41 4.85 (2.5–8.4) | 4.43+1.76 4.05 (0.8–9) | 0.3352 | |
| Velocity | 51.13+4.54 50.6 (42.2–58.6) | 51.19+3.39 50.6 (44–62) | 0.9522 | |
| Sural nerve | Latency | 2.37+0.3 2.29 (1.88–2.92) | 2.52+0.2 2.5 (2.03–2.86) | 0.0241 |
| Amplitude | 19.62+7.7 19.1 (7.2–40.8) | 16.78+7.34 15.55 (7.5–43.3) | 0.0861 | |
| Velocity | 56.44+6.02 56.7 (45.2–65.7) | 51.68+3.71 52 (45.4–59.4) | <0.0012 |
1
Mann-Whitney U,
2
Student t.