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Motor Nerve Conduction Velocity in Marasmus and in Kwashiorkor
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1974
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Supramaximal StimulationElectrolyte DisorderNeuromuscular CoordinationMotor DevelopmentMotor ControlPeripheral NervePeripheral NervesPeripheral Nervous SystemPeripheral HypothermiaApplied PhysiologyNeurorehabilitationMotor DisorderSensationPhysical MedicineHealth SciencesPhysical FitnessMedicineRehabilitationNervous SystemNeuromuscular PhysiologyNeuromuscular DisordersHuman PhysiologyPhysical TherapyPhysiologyExercise PhysiologyPeripheral Hypothermia LayElectrophysiologyCentral Nervous SystemFine Motor ControlNeuromusculoskeletal Disorder
The motor nerve conduction velocity (MCV) was measured by supramaximal stimulation in the median, ulnar and peroneal nerves in altogether 94 children in the age range 1—36 months. Forty-four served as controls, 40 presented the picture of marasmus and 10 of kwashiorkor. The children with marasmus had only one MCV examination, before nutrition rehabilitation was started. They showed values which after correction for the effect of peripheral hypothermia lay within the normal range. The children with kwashiorkor all underwent weekly MCV determinations during a 5-week period. On admission the MCV values were reduced to about 50% of the control values, a reduction which only to a limited extent could be explained by peripheral hypothermia. During nutrition rehabilitation the MCV values in all cases increased rapidly up to a normal or almost normal level.