Tibial Nerve Excursion During Lumbar Spine and Hip Flexion Measured with Diagnostic Ultrasound

Assessing the Reliability of Ultrasound Imaging to Examine Radial Nerve Excursion

“…This finding is similar to many studies that have examined longitudinal nerve movement using the same techniques. Reliability for assessing in vivo longitudinal nerve movement using USI has been reported as high for the sciatic ) and tibial (Boyd and Dilley 2014;Shum et al 2013) nerves and very high for the median (Coppieters et al 2009), sciatic (Coppieters et al 2015;Ellis et al 2012;Ridehalgh et al 2012), tibial (Boyd et al 2012) and posterior tibial (Carroll et al 2012) nerves. The present study is the first to present findings for in vivo assessment of radial nerve excursion using USI.…”

“…In regard to the assessment of in vivo nerve movement with USI, this technique of speckle tracking via frame-by-frame cross-correlation analysis has become widely used. Several studies have used this technique and have shown it to be reliable for the assessment of the median (Coppieters et al 2009), sciatic (Coppieters et al 2015;Ellis et al , 2012Ridehalgh et al 2012), tibial (Boyd et al 2012;Boyd and Dilley 2014;Shum et al 2013), common peroneal (Boyd et al 2012) and posterior tibial (Carroll et al 2012) nerves. Furthermore, this technique has been validated against median nerve movement assessment, via indwelling nerve markers, from whole-body, embalmed cadavers (Meng et al 2015).…”

Ultrasound Elastographic Measurement of Sciatic Nerve Displacement and Shear Strain During Active and Passive Knee Extension

“…From in vivo research using US imaging, it is clear that nerves can move independently from their surrounding interfacing tissues . Furthermore, studies that have examined nerve excursion in response to active joint movements and functional, weight‐bearing movements have also shown independent nerve movement. The common feature across most studies that have used US imaging to assess nerve movement has been the examination of nerve movement in isolation, without examining the potential influence of the mechanical interface (ie, connective tissues, muscles, etc) surrounding the nerve of interest.…”

Femoral nerve excursion with knee and neck movements in supine, sitting and side-lying slump: An in vivo study using ultrasound imaging

“…12.2 (2.2) mm with hip and spinal flexion (Shum et al, 2013) and the median nerve moves 5.6 (2.1) mm in the upper arm (Coppieters et al, 2009) and 10.4 (2.3) mm in the forearm (Dilley et al, 2003) with elbow extension. It should be noted however that in all these studies the assessed nerve crossed the joint that was mobilised.…”