Table 4: Median nerve conduction velocity in normal brachial plexus [27, 28, 30, 33, 35, 41].

Gamstrop et al. (1960)

Age*

Birth - 1wk

(N = 30)

1wk - 4mo

(N = 18)

4mo - 1yr

(N = 25)

1 - 3 yr

(N = 21)

3 - 8yr

(N = 26)

8 - 16yr

(N = 26)

 

 

 

CV [m/s]

29.0 (3.7)

33.9 (8.7)

40.0 (5.3)

49.5 (1.3)

58.3 (5.9)

63.9 (5.7)

 

 

 

Moglia et al. (1989)

Age

0 - 1yr

(N = 9)

1 - 3yrs

(N = 27)

3 - 6yrs

(N = 24)

6 - 12yrs

(N = 33)

 

 

 

 

 

CV [m/s]

47.2 (2.8)

54.4 (6.4)

59.9 (8.6)

58.9 (9.8)

 

 

 

 

 

Tiwari et al. (1996)

Age**

1 - 28d

(N = 20)

2 - 12mo

(N = 20)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CV [m/s]

26.6 (3.3)

36.6 (6.2)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Garcia et al. (2000)

Age

<1mo

(N = 11)

1 - 6mo

(N = 12)

6 - 12mo

(N = 12)

12 - 24mo

(N = 15)

24 - 48mo

(N = 17)

48 - 72mo

(N = 17)

 

 

 

CV [m/s]

26.2 (2.2)

36.4 (3.7)

43.9 (3.4)

47.8 (2.3)

52.7 (3.7)

56.4 (2.4)

 

 

 

Lori et al. (2018)

Age

23 - 25wk

(N = 4)

26 - 27wk

(N = 7)

28 - 29wk

(N = 6)

30 - 31wk

(N = 11)

32 - 33wk

(N = 11)

34 - 35wk

(N = 15)

36 - 37wk

(N = 16)

38 - 39wk

(N = 9)

40 - 41wk

(N = 10)

CV [m/s]

10.8 (1.1)

14.2 (2.4)

15.2 (3.1)

15.6 (3.7)

16.4 (3.0)

16.9 (3.0)

18.3 (1.9)

21.3 (3.0)

21.9 (4.1)

Ryan et al. (2019)

Age

0 - <1mo

(N = 5)

1 - <6mo

(N = 14)

6 - <12mo

(N = 12)

12 - <24mo

(N =17)

2 - <5yr

(N = 17)

5 - <10yr

(N = 32)

10 - <15yr

(N = 77)

15 - <18yr

(N = 239)

 

CV [m/s]

25.0 (3.0)

37.0 (9.0)

45.0 (13.0)

47.0 (5.0)

51.0 (6.0)

56.0 (7.0)

58.0 (4.0)

59.0 (3.0)

 

N = number of observations; mean (standard deviation); d: day; wk: week; yr: year

* Birth - 1wk: Neonate; 1wk - 4mo: Early Infancy; 4mo - 1yr: Late Infancy; 1 - 3yr: Early Childhood; 3 - 8yr: Late Childhood; 8 - 16yr: Adolescence

** 1 - 28d: Neonate; 2 - 12mo: Infant