Table 8.

Nerve conduction study and variables of severe and mild groups

	Mild group (mean ± SEM)	Severe group (mean ± SEM)	p-value
Right Latency (ms)	7.83 ± 0.46	7.78 ± 0.46	0.759
Left Latency (ms)	8.13 ± 0.46	7.74 ± 0.48	0.843
Right Amplitude (mV)	0.46 ± 0.08	0.92 ± 0.22	0.703
Left Amplitude (mV)	0.60 ± 0.11	0.97 ± 0.29	0.716
Differences in Latency (%)	3.09 ± 1.24	1.50 ± 0.38	0.231
Differences in Amplitude (%)	16.28 ± 4.38	25.92 ± 7.22	0.711
Right thickness during inspiration (mm)	3.11±0.40	2.34±0.16	0.945
Left thickness during inspiration (mm)	2.97±0.33	2.36±0.27	0.547
Right thickness during expiration (mm)	1.92±0.19	1.56±0.11	0.042
Left thickness during expiration (mm)	1.69±0.15	1.51±0.16	0.742
Right contractibility (%)	62.15±5.58	53.10±11.15	0.742
Left contractibility (%)	73.34±6.74	58.62±15.36	0.195
Right expiratory fraction	0.59±0.05	0.53±0.11	0.674
Left expiratory fraction	0.73±0.07	0.58±0.15	0.195

The table shows bilateral amplitude and latency results of both phrenic nerves and their difference and thickness of each hemidiaphragm along with inspiration and expiration, contractibility, and expiratory fraction from each hemidiaphragm