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Measurement of the motor nerve conduction velocity: precise method of estimating maturity in newborn
Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1983.tb06748.x
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BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Volume 90, Issue 1, pages 61–68, January 1983
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GOESCHEN, K., PLUTA, M., ROTHE, J. and SALING, E. (1983), Measurement of the motor nerve conduction velocity: precise method of estimating maturity in newborn. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 90: 61–68. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1983.tb06748.x
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- Issue published online: 23 AUG 2005
- Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005
- Received 8 February 1982 Accepted 6 June 1982
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Summary. During the period from 1 October 1979 to 31 January 1981, 548 estimations of maturity were made on 523 infants at the Department of Medical Obstetrics of the Neukolln Hospital in Berlin, using the motor nerve conduction velocity (NCV) of the ulnar nerve combined with the Farr system. The mean value of the NCV increases from 13.0 m/s in the 33rd week of gestation to 30.4 m/s in the 44th week. Over the whole range the NCV showed a highly significant correlation (r=0.946, P<0.00001) with the gestational age of the infant, whereas the Farr system deviated strongly in a false positive direction up to the 38th week of gestation. The measurement of the NCV of the ulnar nerve is a simple and very precise postpartum estimation of the gestational age.