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Background: Compression of ulnar nerve at the elbow is the second most common peripheral neuropathy of the upper extremity.
Objective: Due to the lack of the gold diagnostic standard for ulnar nerve involvement at elbow level (UNE) and the lack of sufficient study in this field, we decided to evaluate patients with symptoms of this disease who have normal conventional electrodiagnostic study (EDX) in first evaluation.
Materials And Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 18 persons were selected from patients who were referred to the clinic of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. If conventional EDX was normal, compound nerve action potential (CNAP) test (peak latency and amplitude) was carried out. Patients with normal conventional EDX but abnormal ulnar CNAP included to our study. After 3 months, if they had not been treated for ulnar neuropathy, they were reexamined by conventional EDX plus ulnar CNAP measurement.
Results: In total, 18 patients (11 females, 7 males) aged 28-58 years old (mean = 40.11) were analyzed in this study. After 3 months, 14 patients (77.8%) demonstrated parameter changes consistent with UNE in conventional EDX.
Conclusion: Based on the results of this study, ulnar CNAP has diagnostic value in patients with symptoms of UNE who have normal routine EDX. Therefore, ulnar CNAP should be taken into account for early diagnosis of ulnar neuropathy when routine electrodiagnostic tests are normal.
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