Ultrasound Ulnar Nerve Measurement in a Healthy Population.
Cross-sectional area
Elbow
Ulnar nerve
Ulnar nerve entrapment
Ulnar tunnel syndrome
Ultrasonography
Journal
Rheumatology and therapy
ISSN: 2198-6576
Titre abrégé: Rheumatol Ther
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101674543
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Mar 2021
Mar 2021
Historique:
received:
23
11
2020
accepted:
20
01
2021
pubmed:
6
2
2021
medline:
6
2
2021
entrez:
5
2
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Ulnar tunnel syndrome at the elbow is a common pathology. The ultrasound cross-sectional area is a well-known metric widely accepted in radiology for the description of nerve entrapment. However, the pathological cut-off value remains challenging. The objectives of this study were to (1) describe the ultrasound cross-sectional area measurement of the ulnar nerve at three locations, and (2) to evaluate the inter-observer reliability by two independent ultrasonographers. One-hundred ulnar nerves of 50 asymptomatic individuals were scanned using B-mode and power Doppler ultrasonography. The ultrasound cross-sectional area measurements of the ulnar nerve were performed at three different levels: 2 cm proximal to the epicondyle, at the level of the epicondyle, and 2 cm distal to the epicondyle. In our healthy population, we found 21, 24 and 7% of ultrasound cross-sectional area ulnar nerve > 8 mm Almost one-quarter of our healthy population had an ultrasound cross-sectional area ulnar nerve more than 8 mm
Identifiants
pubmed: 33543416
doi: 10.1007/s40744-021-00283-2
pii: 10.1007/s40744-021-00283-2
pmc: PMC7991055
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
457-466Commentaires et corrections
Type : ErratumIn
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