The purpose of this clinical trial is to assess normal values of the cross-sectional area of peripheral nerves and nerve roots in children and adolescents between 2 and 18 years.
This is a single center prospective clinical trial to determine standard values of the cross-sectional area of the median, ulnar, radial, peroneal, tibial, sural and vagus nerve as well as C5, C6 and C7 cervical roots in a cohort of neuromuscular unaffected children and adolescents between 2 and 18 years.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
255
University of Basel, Children's Hospital
Basel, Switzerland
RECRUITINGCross-sectional area (mm2) of the C5 cervical root in children and adolescents from 2 to 18 years
Cross-sectional area will be displayed as percentiles according age, weight and length
Time frame: one year
Cross-sectional area (mm2) of the C6 cervical root in children and adolescents from 2 to 18 years
Cross-sectional area will be displayed as percentiles according age, weight and length
Time frame: one year
Cross-sectional area (mm2) of the C7 cervical root in children and adolescents from 2 to 18 years
Cross-sectional area will be displayed as percentiles according age, weight and length
Time frame: one year
Cross-sectional area (mm2) of the radial nerve in children and adolescents from 2 to 18 years
Cross-sectional area will be displayed as percentiles according age, weight and length
Time frame: one year
Cross-sectional area (mm2) of the superficial radial nerve in children and adolescents from 2 to 18 years
Cross-sectional area will be displayed as percentiles according age, weight and length
Time frame: one year
Cross-sectional area (mm2) of the peroneal nerve in children and adolescents from 2 to 18 years
Cross-sectional area will be displayed as percentiles according age, weight and length
Time frame: one year
Cross-sectional area (mm2) of the tibial nerve in children and adolescents from 2 to 18 years
Cross-sectional area will be displayed as percentiles according age, weight and length
Time frame: one year
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Cross-sectional area (mm2) of the sural nerve in children and adolescents from 2 to 18 years
Cross-sectional area will be displayed as percentiles according age, weight and length
Time frame: one year
Cross-sectional area (mm2) of the vagus nerve in children and adolescents from 2 to 18 years
Cross-sectional area will be displayed as percentiles according age, weight and length
Time frame: one year
Interrater reliability
Reliability is expressed by the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC)
Time frame: one year
Intrarater reliability
Reliability is expressed by the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC)
Time frame: one year