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Medical - Medical (general) / neurology (nerve function) | | Italian term or phrase: SPI | This abbreviation appears in a report of a nerve conduction test. Different motor and sensory nerves are being stimulated and tested in a patient who was hospitalized for muscle weakness and tingling in the hands and feet.
This test comes under "Conduzioni Motorie". The following nerves are being tested: mediano sx, ulnare sx, spe dx ... and then comes *spi dx* and *spi sx*.
I have seen 'spi nerve' in a few English neurology texts, but 1) I'm not sure if it's correct to leave it as is, and 2) I would like to know what SPI stands for.
Grazie per l'aiuto! |
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| | tibial nerve | Explanation:
The SPE is the common peroneal nerve.
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I know this from French.
http://books.google.lu/books?id=a1OCAd0jHF4C&pg=RA1-PA317&lp...
Anatomie topographique, descriptive et fonctionnelle - Google Books Resultby Alain Bouchet, Jacques Cuilleret - 1996 - Medical - 271 pages
Le nerf sciatique poplité externe ou péronier commun (Nervus Peroneus Communis) descend obliquement en bas et en dehors, le long du bord interne du biceps ...
books.google.lu/books?isbn=222584917X...
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To quote a totally reliable source (Karin Band) from the ITI med/pharm e-group:
... it would appear that, like FR, IT and ES also contain anatomical
terms that would cause problems if translated literally into languages
that gave up similar nomenclatures some time ago. (Gray's 31/e of 1954
vs Gray's 39/e of 2005 makes interesting reading in this respect.)
Example: the FR '(nerf) sciatique poplité externe' (abbr. 'SPE') -
found in IT as '(nervo) sciatico popliteo esterno (SPE)'; and
in ES as '(nervio) ciático poplíteo externo (CPE)'.
In EN, it is the 'common peroneal nerve' AKA 'common fibular nerve'... |
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Reference information:
Isn't this Italian?
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http://209.85.229.132/search?q=cache:lVJwAmNkQQYJ:neurourolo...
sciatico-popliteo interno (SPI)
Static Brescia - Dove SIamo
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26 feb 2007 ... La velocità di conduzione viene calcolata in metri al secondo (m/sec), ... si deve osservare il progressivo reclutamento dei Potenziali di Unità Motoria (PUM) ... n. sciatico popliteo interno (SPI) al canale tarsale, ...
www.static.it/brevinote4.html - Cached – Similar
Blockade of the sciatic nerve in the popliteal fossa - Elsevier
Alone or associated with the internal saphenous nerve block, it is an easy, ... tibial or internal popliteal sciatic nerve and common peroneal or external ...
linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1084208X06000711 - Similar
by AG Casalia - 2006 - Related articles
[PARALYSIS OF THE EXTERNAL POPLITEAL SCIATIC NERVE AND THE ...
[PARALYSIS OF THE EXTERNAL POPLITEAL SCIATIC NERVE AND THE INTERNAL POPLITEAL SCIATIC NERVE ... Fibula*; Paralysis*; Sciatic Nerve*; Tibial Fractures* ...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14180056 - Similar
by P GUEUR
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yes, it also gave me a chance to to perform my expertise:)
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hmmm
we shall see, I may just post references instead, unless I am confident about the contribution:)
Saludos!
| liz askew
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Asker: Si ... veramente e' italiano! Thanks for catching that, Liz ... I forgot to change my KudoZ question settings after my last bout with Spanish. This gave Dr. Faulkner a chance to try his expertise on an Italian question :)
Asker: Yes Liz...I think you should resist the urge to forgo answering Italian questions!
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