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. 2016 Jul 1;10(7):OC13–OC18. doi: 10.7860/JCDR/2016/20607.8097

[Table/Fig-5]:

Electro diagnostic parameters – Motor.

Electrodiagnostic Parameters Number of patients with Right CTS Number of patients with Left CTS Controls - Right hands Controls -Left hands p-value
Median nerve Mean CMAP distal latency (measured in milliseconds) 4.6±1.5 4.5±1.4 3.2±0.4 3.1±0.5 Right - 0.03
Left – 0.02
Median nerve Compound Muscle Action Potential (CMAP) Distal Motor Latency >4.4 (measured in milliseconds) 39 (19 right sided only + 20 with bilateral) 31 (11 left sided only + 20 with bilateral) - - <0.001 on both sides
Correlation of Median nerve CMAP Distal Motor Latency >4.4 milliseconds with clinical grading Mild-16
Moderate-11
Severe-12
Mild-12
Moderate-10
Severe-9
- - Right - 0.06
Left - 0.12
Median nerve Mean CMAP Amplitudes (measured in millivolts) 10.19±0.77 10.09±0.98 17.34±1.21 15.85±1.23 <0.001 on both sides
Comparison of
CMAP Amplitudes
(measured in millivolts)
with clinical grading
Mild-11.50
Moderate-10.76
Severe-6.27
Mild-12.00
Moderate-10.14
Severe-6.15
Right - 0.075
Left - 0.16
Mean CMAP distal latency difference between median & ulnar nerves
(measured in milliseconds)
2.34±0.01 2.73±0.03 0.66±0.04 0.80±0.06 <0.001 on both sides
Comparison of CMAP distal latency difference (>1.10 milliseconds) between median & ulnar nerves with clinical grading Mild-12
Moderate-16
Severe-11
Mild-9
Moderate-12
Severe-10
Right - 0.77
Left - 0.37
Mean median nerve CMAP conduction velocity (measured in meters/second) 46.03±1.83 50.61±1.14 55.92±2.09 54.28±2.11 Right-0.001
Left-0.08
Correlation of Mean median nerve CMAP conduction velocity (measured in meters/ second) with clinical grading Mild-51.31
Moderate-50.68
Severe-43.16
Mild-52.01
Moderate-50.52
Severe-48.35
Right - 0.13
Left - 0.14
Mean median nerve F wave Latency
(measured in milliseconds)
25.37±1.21 25.29±1.24 31.20±1.98 29.64±1.83 0.001 on both sides