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F-Wave study in patients with chronic renal failure on regular haemodialysis

Brigida FierroRaffaella SantangeloA. D'arpaAntonio ModicaDomenico Di Raimondo

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AdultMaleResuscitationAdolescentNeural ConductionMotor nerveStimulus (physiology)Nerve conduction velocityF waveRenal DialysisReaction TimeHumansMedicineAgedMotor NeuronsNeural Conductionbusiness.industryAnatomyMiddle AgedSpinal cordmedicine.diseasemedicine.anatomical_structureNeurologyKidney Failure ChronicFemaleNeurology (clinical)businessPolyneuropathy

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Motor nerve conduction along the entire length of ulnar and tibialis posterior nerves was studied in 30 uraemic patients and in 20 control subjects. The M and F latencies, MNCV (between the stimulus sites), FWCV (between the spinal cord and the stimulus sites) and F-ratio (conduction time ratio of proximal to distal segment) were assessed to evaluate the conduction in the proximal versus the distal nerve segment. In the uraemic patients, the slowing of nerve conduction involved both segments of the tested nerves to the same extent. In fact, the F-ratio did not show any significant difference between the two groups; in only one patient was its value lower than the normal limit in the tibialis posterior nerve.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
1986-07-01Journal of the Neurological Sciences
https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-510x(86)90112-7