Neurophysiological Testing in Normal Children

J Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-27-12-10

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J Gordon Millichap

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, US

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How to Cite: Millichap, J.G., 2013. Neurophysiological Testing in Normal Children. Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 27(12), pp.96–96. DOI: http://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-27-12-10

Investigators in Belgrade, Serbia, and Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, reviewed the literature (Ovid Medline, 1948-2012) for citations on repetitive nerve stimulation (RNS) and single fiber electromyography (SFEMG) in children. Five articles contained data on 48 normal children studied with RNS and only 1 article with data on SFEMG in 20 normal children were located. Significant differences in the response to RNS in children compared to adults were identified, emphasizing the need for age appropriate normal values. [1]

COMMENT. The late Dr Ingrid Gamstorp published extensively on normal conduction velocities of peripheral nerves in infancy, childhood, and adolescence: [2, 3]. Also, in [4] Dr Gamstorp's sensory nerve conduction research was conducted while a visitor in the Division of Neurology, 1964-5, at then Children's Memorial, now Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago.

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Kosac, A, Gavillet, E and Whittaker, RG (2013). Neurophysiological testing in congenital myasthenic syndromes: a systematic review of published normal data. Muscle Nerve Nov 201348(5): 711–5, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/mus.23929

Gamstorp, I (1963). Normal Conduction Velocity of Ulnar, Median and Peroneal Nerves in Infancy, Childhood and Adolescence. Acta Paediatrica Jul 196352(S146): 68–76, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1651-2227.1963.tb05519.x

Gamstorp, I, Samuel, A and Shelburne, JR (1965). Peripheral Sensory Conduction in Ulnar and Median Nerves of Normal Infants, Children, and Adolescents. Acta Paediatrica Jul 196554(4): 309–313, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1651-2227.1965.tb06376.x

Oh, SJ (2003). Clinical Electromyography: Nerve Conduction Studies. 3rd ed Philadelphia: Lippincott William & Wilkins, p. 848.

[CIT0001] Kosac, A, Gavillet, E and Whittaker, RG (2013). Neurophysiological testing in congenital myasthenic syndromes: a systematic review of published normal data. Muscle Nerve Nov 201348(5): 711–5, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/mus.23929

[CIT0002] Gamstorp, I (1963). Normal Conduction Velocity of Ulnar, Median and Peroneal Nerves in Infancy, Childhood and Adolescence. Acta Paediatrica Jul 196352(S146): 68–76, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1651-2227.1963.tb05519.x

[CIT0003] Gamstorp, I, Samuel, A and Shelburne, JR (1965). Peripheral Sensory Conduction in Ulnar and Median Nerves of Normal Infants, Children, and Adolescents. Acta Paediatrica Jul 196554(4): 309–313, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1651-2227.1965.tb06376.x

[CIT0004] Oh, SJ (2003). Clinical Electromyography: Nerve Conduction Studies. 3rd ed Philadelphia: Lippincott William & Wilkins, p. 848.

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Neurophysiological Testing in Normal Children

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J Gordon Millichap

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, US

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