Comparison of the Two Types of Stimulating Electrodes in the Study of Motor Nerve Conduction in Dogs

Abstract

In this research two kinds of stimulation electrodes were compared in motor nerve conduction study: needle electrodes used in human medicine and electrodes made of injection needles connected to the stimulator via alligator-type electrodes. A study was conducted in 22 mixed-breed dogs. The resulting values of the potential amplitudes of the stimulus, the parameters of the complex muscle potentials, and the motor nerve conduction velocity were statistically compared. There was no statistical difference between the parameters obtained with the two types of stimulation electrodes. The results of our research constitute a basis for improving present-day procedures, improving aseptic procedures, reducing tissue trauma during research and lowering research costs due to the introduction of injection-needle electrodes and their benefits into the study of motor nerve conduction in animals.

Pathologic classification of a late‐onset peripheral neuropathy in a spontaneous Labrador retriever dog model

“…A routine motor nerve conduction study (mNCS) was completed using an evoked potential system (UltraPro S100, Natus Neurology Inc.). Needle electrodes were used (Jeffery et al., 2006; Monowid et al., 2017; Thieman et al., 2010). The sciatic nerve was stimulated at the level of the hip (proximal sciatic), the common peroneal branch was stimulated at the stifle joint (mid sciatic) and superficial fibular branch (distal sciatic) was stimulated at the level of the tarsus; the recording electrodes were placed over the extensor digitalis brevis lateralis muscle.…”