ArticleJournal of diagnostic medical sonography : JDMS2023
Sonographic reference values for median nerve cross-sectional area: A meta-analysis of data from healthy individuals.
Article in Journal of diagnostic medical sonography : JDMS, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02587897 (Sonographic Tissue Morphology in Early Stage Work-related Median Nerve Pathology), which is not on this map. Cited by 4 papers.
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Sonographic Tissue Morphology in Early Stage Work-related Median Nerve Pathology
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4 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Clinical and Electrodiagnostic Correlations of Ultrasound-Detected Markedly Enlarged Median Nerve at the Wrist.Neurology international · 2025Article
- Accuracy of the Standard and Distal-to-Proximal Sequence of the Upper Limb Neurodynamic Test 1 for the Diagnosis of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: The Role of Side-to-Side Comparisons.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Cross-Sectional Area and Echogenicity Reference Values for Sonography of Peripheral Nerves in the Lithuanian Population.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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Abstract
Objective: Establish median nerve CSA reference values and identify patient-level factors impacting diagnostic thresholds. Methods: Studies were identified through a robust search of multiple databases, and quality assessment was conducted using a modified version of the National Institute of Health Study Quality Assessment Tool for Observational Cohort and Cross-Sectional Studies. A meta-analysis was performed to identify normative values stratified by anatomic location. A meta-regression was conducted to examine heterogeneity effects of age, sex, and laterality. Results: The meta-analysis included 73 studies; 41 (56.2%) were high quality. The median nerve CSA [95% CI] was 6.46mm Conclusion: A reference value for median nerve CSA in the carpal tunnel is 8.60mm
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