Objectives:
To determine the false positive rate of sural nerve conduction studies for healthy subjects.
Materials and Methods:
We performed sural nerve conduction studies for 23 healthy subjects using both nerve-nerve technique and surface recording.
Results:
We found three abnormal results in the sural nerve-nerve technique. However, all those patients had normal results in the surface recording.
Conclusion:
The surface recording is recommended for suspicious cases in order to approve the abnormal results in the near-nerve technique.
Keywords: Polyneuropathy, Sural Nerve, Near-nerve Technique, Surface Electrode Recording, Nerve Conduction Study
