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Table 9 Correlations between conduction velocity in each tested nerve and the strength of their muscular counterparts (MRC grade) in axonal and demyelinating polyneuropathy

From: Clinical and neurophysiological correlation in axonal and demyelinating polyneuropathy

Nerve

r

p value

Axonal polyneuropathy

Median nerve

0.250

0.141

Ulnar nerve

0.009

0.960

Peroneal nerve

0.366

0.055

Tibial nerve

0.136

0.482

Demyelinating polyneuropathy

Median nerve

0.304

0.158

Ulnar nerve

0.460

0.027*

Peroneal nerve

0.329

0.213

Tibial nerve

0.241

0.307

  1. * Highly significant