Table 1 Patient demographics
From: Development and validation of the patient-rated ulnar nerve evaluation
Characteristic (n = 89) | Descriptors |
|---|---|
Age in years | Range 20-81 |
|  | Mean = 52.75; SD- 12.86 |
Gender | % |
Male | 75 |
Female | 25 |
Workers compensation status | % |
No | 82% |
Yes | 15% |
Claim in progress | 3% |
Type of work | % |
Heavy repetitive | 37 |
Heavy intermittent | 18 |
Light repetitive | 18 |
Light intermittent | 28 |
Work status | % |
Normal duties | 21 |
Light duties at same work place | 15 |
Off work due to arm | 18 |
Handedness | % |
Left | 7 |
Right | 93 |
Surgical side | % |
Left | 58 |
Right | 43 |
Electrodiagnostic findings | 37.47Â m/s |
AE-MNCV | 50.65Â m/s |
BE-MNCV | 13.17Â m/s |
DNCV (m/s) | 3.79Â mV |
AE-CMAP | 17.29% |
BE-CMAP | 4.98Â mV |
CMAP ADQ amplitude | 5.74 μV |
SNAP digit V | 21.42Â ms |
SNCV digit V (ms) | 75% |
Surface EMG confirmed | 89% |
Needle EMG confirmed | Â |
McGowan stage [1] | % |
0 | 0 |
I | 13 |
II | 46.4 |
III | 40.6 |