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Selective nerve scan, or NeuroScan Selective nerve scan, or NeuroScan, is a tool to identify the Source of Pain with Statistical Sensitivity Approaching 95%, as well as evaluate nerve conduction small sensory pathology. A nerve conduction study is a test that measures the movement of an impulse through a nerve after the deliberate stimulation of the nerve. The ability of a nerve to swiftly and properly transmit an impulse down its length, and to pass on the impulse to the adjacent nerve or to a connection muscle in which it is embedded, is vital to the performance of many activities in the body. When proper functioning of nerves does not occur, as can happen due to accidents, infections, or progressive and genetically based diseases, the proper treatment depends on an understanding of the nature of the problem. The nerve conduction study is one tool that a clinician can use to assess nerve function. . The electrical signal selectively stimulates A-delta fibers. The highest amplitude causing an action potential indicates pathology. A potentiometer verifies firing by detecting the action potential. In the spinal cord A-delta fibers synapse with ventral motor nerves, so fire generates voltage directly from the A-delta fibers and sub-threshold voltage from the motor fibers. In minutes a nurse can test all the major nerves and their branches in a region - 18 (9 bilateral) in the cervical and 14 (7 bilateral) in the lumbar region. The nerve(s) requiring the highest voltage to fire identifies the injured nerve(s). Once the injured nerve is identified, testing proximal and distal to a suspected site of injury easily verifies the location. More InfoHERE |
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