Table 1.
Nerve | 4.5 Years of Age | 7 Years of Age | 10 Years of Age * | |||
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Amplitude | Conduction Velocity (m/s) | Amplitude | Conduction Velocity (m/s) | Amplitude | Conduction Velocity (m/s) | |
R median motor | 3.5 mV | 73.9 m/sec | NP | NP | 6.5 mV | NR |
L median motor | NP | NP | 5.0 mV | 50.2 | 8.9 mV | 83.0 |
R tibial motor | 12.0 mV | 61.7 | 12.5 mV | 42.4 | NP | NP |
L tibial motor | NP | NP | NP | NP | 17.1 mV | 39.5 |
R peroneal motor | 4.8 mV | 72.4 | 9.2 mV | 58.1 | NP | NP |
L peroneal motor | NP | NP | NP | NP | 0.03 mV | NR |
R median sensory | 15.0 uV | 56.8 | NP | NP | NP | NP |
L median sensory | NP | NP | 36.0 uV | 50.3 | 13.7 uV | 65.7 |
L ulnar sensory | NP | NP | NP | NP | Absent | Absent |
L sural sensory | 5.8 uV | 78.7 | NP | NP | 17.9 uV | 78.3 |
R sural sensory | 39.9 uV | 95.2 | 65.4 uV | 40.3 | NP | NP |
EMG | Not performed | EMG of the right tibialis anterior and bilateral vastus lateralis muscles shows large and polyphasic motor unit potential. Fibrillations are present in the right vastus lateralis. | EMG of the left FDI and APB muscles showed reduced recruitment with large polyphasic motor unit potentials. No fibrillations were noted. |
* A further neurophysiologic study performed at 10 years of age due to cramping and fasciculations in the left upper limb. FDI = first dorsal interosseous, APB = abductor pollicis brevis, NP = not performed, NR = not recorded. Abnormal values are shown in bold type using a 5th percentile cut-off for motor and sensory amplitudes from Ryan et al. (2019) [17].