Gender-Based Comparison of Sensory & Motor Nerve Conduction Velocities among Healthy People of Gadap Town, Karachi

Abstract

Objective: In this study, healthy individuals' nerve conduction velocities (NCVs) in the peripheral sensory (ulnar) and motor (ulnar and personal) systems of the upper and lower limbs were examined in relation to their age and genders.

Study Design: Cross-sectional study

Place and Duration of Study: This study was conducted at the Department of Physiology at Baqai Medical University, Karachi, from January 2017 to July 2017.

Materials and Methods: 500 healthy adult males and females from the local population of Gadap town between the ages of 18 and 45 were enrolled in this study, which was done in the physiology department of the Baqai Medical University. By stimulating the ulnar nerve at the wrist and the peroneal nerve using Power Lab, the NCV of the two nerves was determined. The fundamental parametric values were then examined using the statistical tool "Statistical package for Social science" (SPSS) software version 22.0.

Results: The comparison of NCV on the basis of gender Mean values of ulnar motor and peroneal motor nerves gave statistically significant (p<0.05) differences for males and females and non-significant (p>0.05) in ulnar sensory nerve.

Conclusion: According to the study male and females had an inverse association with the ulnar sensory, ulnar motor, and peroneal motor nerves.