ArticleJournal of medical ultrasound
Ultrasonographic Reference Values for Assessing Normal Sciatic Nerve Ultrasonography in the Normal Population.
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- Ultrasound Landmarks in the Approach to the Common Peroneal Nerve in a Sheep Model-Application in Peripheral Nerve Regeneration.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Sensitivity and specificity of high frequency ultrasound score (DCEC) in diabetic peripheral neuropathy.Journal of diabetes and metabolic disorders · 2022Article
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- Sonographic measures and sensory threshold of the normal sciatic nerve and hamstring muscles.Journal of ultrasound · 2022Article
- Reference values for the cross-sectional area of the normal sciatic nerve using high-resolution ultrasonography.Journal of ultrasonography · 2021Article
- Variable echo time imaging for detecting the short T2* components of the sciatic nerve: a validation study.Magma (New York, N.Y.) · 2021Article
- Ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging evaluation of the femoral and sciatic nerves. A study of healthy volunteers.Medicine and pharmacy reports · 2020Article
- Ultrasound reference values for peripheral nerve cross-sectional areas and indices in a sample of healthy individuals in Brazil.Radiologia brasileiraArticle
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Abstract
objectiveHigh-resolution ultrasonography (HRUS) has been used recently to characterize median and ulnar nerves but is seldom used to characterize the lower extremity nerves. The reference standard for normal the lower extremity nerves has not been established. Thus, this study measured the cross-sectional areas (CSAs) of the sciatic nerve of 200 healthy male or female volunteers, aged 18-80 using HRUS. These data provide basic clinical data for the use of high-resolution ultrasound for the future diagnosis, treatment, and prognostic evaluation of peripheral neuropathies.
methodsTwo hundred healthy volunteers with 400 lower extremities were studied with HRUS. According to their age, the subjects were assigned to young group (18-30 years,
resultsThe mean CSAs of sciatic nerves at GS and MGPF were 0.527 ± 0.028 cm
conclusionPeripheral nerve ultrasonography is a reliable and reproducible diagnostic method in the hands of experienced examiners. Normal values for the sciatic nerve nerves are provided by our study. Thus, reference values of Sciatic nerve CSA of the lower extremity can facilitate the analysis of abnormal nerve conditions.
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