TY - JOUR
T1 - Reply to Penelope A. McNulty and Emma F. Hodson-Tole
AU - Granata, Giuseppe
AU - Giambattistelli, Federica
AU - Padua, Luca
AU - Coraci, Daniele
AU - Petrini, Francesco M.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - We have read the letter in response to our paper by McNulty
and Hodson-Tole (2015) with great interest. The authors present
some possible limits of the use of high-frequency ultrasound
(US) to guide microneurography needle insertion. In particular,
they state that the best point for needle insertion can be found faster
with palpation or percutaneous electrical stimulation. We agree
with the authors, but we might add that US may immediately
depict the anatomical position of the nerve (in the visible tracts,
note that the median nerve is visible in its entire course, from wrist
to axilla, in 100% of normal subjects) (Bathala et al., 2014).
AB - We have read the letter in response to our paper by McNulty
and Hodson-Tole (2015) with great interest. The authors present
some possible limits of the use of high-frequency ultrasound
(US) to guide microneurography needle insertion. In particular,
they state that the best point for needle insertion can be found faster
with palpation or percutaneous electrical stimulation. We agree
with the authors, but we might add that US may immediately
depict the anatomical position of the nerve (in the visible tracts,
note that the median nerve is visible in its entire course, from wrist
to axilla, in 100% of normal subjects) (Bathala et al., 2014).
KW - Microneurography
KW - Nerve Ultrasound
KW - Microneurography
KW - Nerve Ultrasound
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/68145
U2 - 10.1016/j.clinph.2015.08.001
DO - 10.1016/j.clinph.2015.08.001
M3 - Article
SN - 1872-8952
VL - 127
SP - 1738
EP - 1739
JO - Clinical Neurophysiology
JF - Clinical Neurophysiology
ER -