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Compound muscle action potential cartography of an accessory peroneal nerve
Author(s) -
Van Dijk J. Gert,
Van der Hoeven Bastiaan J.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
muscle and nerve
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.025
H-Index - 145
eISSN - 1097-4598
pISSN - 0148-639X
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-4598(199810)21:10<1331::aid-mus15>3.0.co;2-4
Subject(s) - anatomy , medicine , compound muscle action potential , electrophysiology
In daily practice, accessory peroneal nerves (APNs) are detected in less than the 18–25% of legs, as revealed by systematic searches. In one APN case, compound muscle action potential cartography showed that the APN was only apparent when the recording electrode was placed over a small lateral region of the extensor digitorum brevis muscle. Effects of recording site can explain why many APNs go unrecognized. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Muscle Nerve 21:1331–1333, 1998.