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conduction velocity

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conduction velocity,
the speed with which an electrical impulse can be transmitted through excitable tissue, as in the movement of an action potential through His-Purkinje fibers of the heart.


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The text covers current methods for conducting nerve sensory tests and codifies the acceptable differences in latency, amplitude and nerve conduction velocity between nerves of the same or opposite limbs.
After reviewing the lead neuropathy literature from 1974 to 1984, Ehle (1986) concluded that sensory nerve conduction is more likely to be affected than is motor nerve conduction, that the upper extremities are more likely to be involved than the lower extremities, and that these effects usually occur after a year of lead exposure, with a continuous linear relationship between blood lead and nerve conduction velocity only when blood lead exceeded 70 [micro]g/dL.
 
 
 
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