Arm Length—Does It Influence Late Response in a Nerve Conduction Study?

Abstract

Introduction F wave response, a late response obtained from a motor nerve, can be influenced by various external factors like gender, temperature, height, weight, and limb length, and hence it causes variation in the measured parameters. Since very few studies have studied the impact of arm length on the F wave, this study was conducted to analyze the relation between the arm length on various parameters of F wave and hence to consider the importance of it during conduct of a nerve conduction study.

Keywords

• F wave
• arm length
• F minimum latency
• peripheral neuropathy