ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2023
Normative Reference Values of the Tibial Nerve in Healthy Individuals Using Ultrasonography: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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- Nerve Ultrasound for the Diagnosis of Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome: Findings in 26 Clinically and Electrophysiologically Confirmed Feet.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Ultrasound assessment of tibial nerve cross-sectional area in diabetic peripheral neuropathy in the Thai Population.PloS one · 2026Article
- Common sports-related nerve injuries seen by the electrodiagnostic medical consultant.Muscle & nerve · 2025Review
- Age-related changes of the tibial nerve cross-sectional area in the disabled elderly.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Article
- Cross-Sectional Area and Echogenicity Reference Values for Sonography of Peripheral Nerves in the Lithuanian Population.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Diagnostic Approach to Lower Limb Entrapment Neuropathies: A Narrative Literature Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
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Abstract
backgroundHigh-resolution ultrasound of the tibial nerve has been used for screening of several neurologic disorders, but normative reference values of tibial nerve cross-sectional areas (CSA) have not been well established. Thus, the present meta-analysis was performed to generate normative estimates of tibial nerve CSA at various sites of the lower limb based on ultrasonography.
methodsGoogle Scholar, Scopus and PubMed were searched for potential studies. Studies were required to report tibial nerve CSA in healthy individuals to be included. A random-effect meta-analysis was performed to calculate tibial nerve CSA values. Subgroup and statistical analyses were performed to study covariates.
resultsForty-eight eligible articles consisting of 2695 limbs were included. The average tibial nerve CSA was found to be 10.9 mm
conclusionsour findings indicate that the tibial nerve varied not only along its course but also among sub-variables. Establishing normal references values of tibial nerve CSA is helpful to differentiate healthy from diseased tibial nerves such as in diabetic peripheral neuropathy or tarsal tunnel syndrome.
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