Abstract
Background: Nerve conduction study (NCS) is a tool to assess the integrity of peripheral nervous
system. It helps in diagnosis, planning of treatment, and prognosis of diseases of peripheral nerves.
NCS parameters are affected by several physical factors like temperature, demography and ethnicity
besides age, gender, height, weight, BMI etc. The present study was targeted at finding out the
differences between male and female NCS parameters. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study with
a total of 75 participants, 40 males and 35 females. Baseline investigations were performed to exclude
any co-morbid conditions. Individuals with normal investigations were subjected for nerve conduction
studies on ulnar and median nerves. Independent sample t-test was done to compare NCS parameters of
male and female participants. Results: There was no significant differences between male and female
median motor, ulnar motor, and median sensory NCS parameters. Only ulnar sensory NCS parameters
latency and amplitude were significantly different in males and females, latency being more in males
(p=0.043) while amplitude being more in females (p=0.019). Conclusion: No significant gender-based
differences were found in median motor, ulnar motor, and median sensory NCS parameters and only
ulnar sensory NCS parameters had significantl differences between males and females
Maria Shafiq, Syed Hamid Habib, Muhammad Omar Malik, Bushra Bashir, Sahar Farhat, Qazi Muhammad Qasim. (2020) COMPARISON OF ULNAR AND MEDIAN NERVE CONDUCTION PARAMETERS BETWEEN MALES AND FEMALES, Pakistan Journal of Physiology, Volume 16, Issue 2.
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