Table 5.
Comparison with published normative data in the literature
| Nerve/site, mean±SD (mm2) | Current study. (n=84) | Cartwright et al. (n=60) | Zaidman et al. (n=90) | Won et al. (n=97) | Kerasnoudis et al. (n=75) | Sugimoto et al. (n=60) |
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| MN wrist | 6.4±1.4 | 9.8±2.4 | 9.7±1.9 | 8.3±1.5 | 8.4±2.1 | 8.5±1.7 |
| MN forearm | 5.2±1.0 | 7.5±1.6 | 7.9±2.4 | 6.5±1.1 | 6.6±1.6 | 6.0±1.3 |
| MN elbow | 6.8±1.5 | 8.6±2.3 | 8.1±1.6 | 9.1±2.2 | ||
| MN arm | 7.1±1.4 | 8.9±2.1 | 8.9±2.0 | 9.4±1.4 | 8.4±2.9† | 8.2±1.7 |
| UN wrist | 4.0±1.0 | 5.9±1.1 | 4.3±0.8 | 5.2±1.0 | 4.1±1.0 | |
| UN forearm | 4.6±1.0 | 6.3±1.0 | 5.5±1.4 | 6.3±1.0 | 5.5±1.3 | 4.7±1.0 |
| UN elbow | 6.1±1.4 | 6.5±0.9 | 7.3±1.7 | 7.2±1.4 | 5.3±1.4 | 6.7±1.9 |
| UN arm | 5.6±1.5 | 6.1±0.9 | 6.2±1.4 | 5.9±1.1 | 6.5±1.8† | 4.8±1.0 |
| FN FH | 8.9±2.0 | 11.2±3.3 | 7.1±2.3 | |||
| FN knee | 7.5±1.8 | 11.7±4.6 | 13.2±1.4 | 8.6±1.8 | ||
| TN knee | 11.8±2.2 | 35.3±10.3 | 8.4±2.7 | |||
| TN ankle | 10.1±2.0 | 13.7±4.3 | 9.6±4.0 | 6.4±1.5 | ||
| SN | 1.5±0.6 | 5.3±1.8 | 3.6±1.1 | 1.8±0.6 | ||
| RN | 1.1±0.3 | 7.9±2.7* | 2.0±0.5 | 3.3±1.5* | ||
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| Bathala et al. (n=100) | Boehm et al. (n=56) | Seok et al. (n=94) | Qrimli et al. (n=100) | Bedewi et al. (n=69) | Grimm et al. (n=100) | Niu et al. (n=111) |
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| 7.2±1.0 | 8.5±1.8 | 10.0±2.4 | 9.8±2.9 | 10.6±2.6 | 6.4±0.9 | |
| 4.8±0.9 | 5.7±1.3 | 7.3±1.7 | 6.5±2.0 | 7.2±1.3 | 5.6±0.9 | |
| 10.3±3.4 | 11.1±3.9 | 9.2±1.7 | 8.4±1.3 | |||
| 6.1±1.0 | 8.9±1.8 | 9.4±3.1 | 9.1±1.5 | 7.9±1.2 | ||
| 3.6±0.5 | 5.0±1.7 | 4.1±1.6 | 2.9±0.6 | |||
| 5.2±1.3 | 6.2±1.5 | 5.5±1.9 | 5.9±1.4 | 4.6±0.8 | ||
| 4.7±0.7 | 7.6±2.1 | 6.9±2.3 | 7.5±2.4 | 8.7±2.0 | 5.6±1.1 | |
| 6.3±1.7 | 6.8±2.3 | 7.6±2.6 | 7.0±1.2 | 4.4±0.8 | ||
| 8.9±2.0 | 9.2±2.9 | 11.1±3.5 | 8.9±3.2 | |||
| 10.4±2.7 | 11.8±3.8 | 9.7±4.1 | 8.4±1.6 | |||
| 24.4±4.4 | 19.1±6.9 | 23.2±4.9 | ||||
| 9.6±2.2 | 12.1±3.1 | 12.7±3.4 | 12.7±4.5 | 10.2±2.0 | ||
| 1.8±0.6 | 2.6±0.6 | 2.1±0.8 | 3.5±1.4 | 2.2±0.6 | ||
| 2.3±0.7 | 6.5±1.7* | 5.7±1.9* | 1.8±0.5 | 3.4±0.7* | ||
*Spiral groove, †Axilla. MN: Median nerve, UN: Ulnar nerve, FN: Fibular nerve, TN: Tibial nerve, SN: Sural nerve, RN: Radial nerve, SD: Standard deviation