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This study aimed to explore the diagnostic value of high-frequency ultrasound combined with shear wave elastography (SWE) for PD-associated PN. Methods: Intra- and inter-observer reproducibility of ultrasound parameters (cross-sectional area [CSA], shear wave velocity [SWV]) of the median and common peroneal nerves was validated in 30 PD patients. A case\u2013control study was conducted in 40 PD patients (stratified into PD-alone and PD-PN groups via the electrophysiological gold standard) and 40 healthy controls. Correlation analysis, logistic regression, and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis were performed to assess diagnostic efficacy. Results: All measured parameters showed good reproducibility (intraclass correlation coefficient [ICC] &gt; 0.855). Median nerve longitudinal SWV and common peroneal nerve SWV increased sequentially across the control, PD-alone, and PD-PN groups (after age adjustment using analysis of covariance (ANCOVA), p &lt; 0.001), and showed weak-to-moderate statistically significant correlations with median nerve motor conduction latencies after Bonferroni correction for multiple comparisons. Age and common peroneal nerve SWV were identified as independent risk factors for PD-PN, while median nerve longitudinal SWV showed a positive but non-significant association in the multivariable model. A combined model incorporating age, median nerve longitudinal SWV, and common peroneal nerve SWV achieved an area under the ROC curve (AUC) of 0.938 (sensitivity 93.75%, specificity 91.67%; bootstrap-corrected AUC = 0.906). Conclusions: SWE-derived SWV has favorable diagnostic value for PD-associated PN with good reproducibility. The combination of age and multi-nerve SWV further improves diagnostic efficiency, providing a reliable non-invasive imaging biomarker for early PD-PN diagnosis. 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