Nerve conduction velocity

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Alternative Names

NCV


What the risks are

There are no risks.


Special considerations

An NCV test shows the condition of the best surviving nerve fibers, so in some cases the results may be normal even if there is nerve damage.



Review Date: 06/24/2009
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; Daniel B. Hoch, PhD, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

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