Short latency somatosensory evoked potentials from radial, median and ulnar nerve stimulation in man

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology
J S Grisolia, W C Wiederholt

Abstract

Short latency somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs) were elicited by stimulation at the wrist of median, radial, and ulnar nerves, singly or in combination, using normal subjects. Amplitude of P10 was strikingly lower with radial stimulation than with median stimulation, while ulnar-derived P10 was intermediate in amplitude. This difference probably reflects the antidromic firing of motor fibers contained in median nerves as compared with the superficial branch of radial nerve, which is entirely sensory. Beyond P10, there appear to be no significant differences between median, radial and ulnar-derived SEPs. With simultaneous stimulation of several nerves within one arm, larger potentials were sometimes achieved but with poorer definition of P12 and P14. The clinical utility of radial, ulnar, and median stimulation for localizing peripheral lesions derives from the distinct anatomical pathways of the stimulated fibers through the brachial plexus and from the separable motor and sensory components of P10. SEP is less invasive than EMG; this fact, plus its freedom from sampling error, make it potentially more suitable than conventional EMG for sequentially following a patient's clinical course.

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