1981
DOI: 10.1002/mus.880040609
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Abstract: Even when all known factors affecting the determination of nerve conduction velocity are controlled, large individual variations persist. In 40 normal controls, we found that peroneal and sural conduction velocities varied inversely with body height (P less than 0.001). This height effect is not due to temperature differences, and it explains almost 50% of the intersubject variability in conduction velocity. We hypothesize that the height influence reflects abrupt, rather than gradual, tapering of axons distal… Show more

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“…One possible explanation is that it reflects a lengthening of the axons which accompanies overall physical growth and which occurs at the expense of the cross-sectional area. Observations in humans that conduction velocity, which is inversely related to fiber diameter, is also in versely related to height [ 16] and forearm length [ 17] support this notion. Age-related shrinkage has been de scribed in myelinated axons of the rat dorsal spinal root [18], but it does not occur before the third year of life, and cannot easily explain our findings in mature animals of about 4 months.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 67%
“…One possible explanation is that it reflects a lengthening of the axons which accompanies overall physical growth and which occurs at the expense of the cross-sectional area. Observations in humans that conduction velocity, which is inversely related to fiber diameter, is also in versely related to height [ 16] and forearm length [ 17] support this notion. Age-related shrinkage has been de scribed in myelinated axons of the rat dorsal spinal root [18], but it does not occur before the third year of life, and cannot easily explain our findings in mature animals of about 4 months.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 67%
“…For the sensory sural nerve the values were 52.5 B 5.6, 20.9 B 8.0 and 2.7 B 0.3, respectively. Some studies included the effect of age, gender, temperature and height on the nerve conduction parameters [3,5,7,8]. Robinson et al [8] examined the influence of height and gender on normal nerve conduction studies in men and women and found that most gender differences can be explained by height, while Trojaborg et al [14] in their study for the sural nerve were unable to confirm the relationship between nerve conduction velocity and height.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Arm length has no effect on nerve conduction velocity, in contrast to the influence of leg length and height on nerve conduction study of the leg [14][15][16]. The effect of gender on the sensory nerve action potential amplitude was studied before.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%