Table 2.
Number of electrodiagnostic test nerve biopsies from cats of groups no.1–6.
| Group | Electrodiagnostic Tests | Nerve Biopsy | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EMG | MNCV | SNCV | RNS | ||||||||||||
| Number of Cases | Number of Cases | Number of Cases | Number of Cases | Number of Cases | |||||||||||
| total | norm. | abn. | total | norm. | abn. | total | norm. | abn. | total | norm. | abn. | total | norm. | abn. | |
| 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 16 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 |
norm.: normal; abn.: abnormal; EMG: electromyography; MNCV: motor nerve conduction velocity; SNCV: sensory nerve conduction velocity; RNS: repetitive nerve stimulation; Group 1: LMN paraparesis; Group 2: LMN paraplegia; Group 3: LMN tetraparesis; Group 4: LMN tetraplegia; Group 5: LMN tetraplegia, cranial nerve deficits and dyspnoea; Group 6: vestibular syndrome and autonomic signs.