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Kanbayashi T, Ogawa G, Ito T, Hokkoku K, Oishi C, Hatanaka Y, Sonoo M. Utility of the tibial nerve somatosensory evoked potentials in differentiating between neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders and multiple sclerosis. Mult Scler Relat Disord 2023; 70:104503. [PMID: 36610361 DOI: 10.1016/j.msard.2023.104503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2022] [Revised: 12/24/2022] [Accepted: 01/02/2023] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND Somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs) are widely used for the diagnosis and evaluation of neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) and multiple sclerosis (MS). However, whether the parameters of tibial nerve SEPs can help to distinguish NMOSD from MS remains unclear. Thus, the aim of this study was to investigate the utility of tibial nerve SEP parameters in differentiating patients with NMOSD and MS. METHODS The clinical data of patients with NMOSD or MS treated in our institution between 2005 and 2021 were retrospectively extracted from our electronic database. Additional inclusion criteria were presentation with sensory symptoms in the lower extremities with corresponding lesions in the magnetic resonance images as well as available data on anti-aquaporin-4 antibodies and tibial nerve SEPs. The Z-scores of the N21-P38 interval (central sensory conduction time), P38 latency, and P38 amplitude were compared between the patients with NMOSD and MS. The relationship of disease severity with the parameters of the tibial nerve SEPs was also evaluated. RESULTS Twenty patients with NMOSD and 13 patients with MS were enrolled. The Z-scores of the N21-P38 interval and P38 latency were significantly higher in the MS group than in the NMOSD group (p < 0.05 and p < 0.01, respectively), whereas there was no difference in the Z-scores of the P38 amplitude between the two groups. In the MS group, only the N21-P38 interval and P38 latency were significantly correlated with disease severity (p < 0.05 and p < 0.01, respectively). In contrast, none of the tibial nerve SEP parameters were significantly correlated with disease severity in the NMOSD group. CONCLUSION Evaluation of the N21-P38 interval and P38 latency in tibial nerve SEPs potentially helps in differentiating between NMOSD and MS.
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- Takamichi Kanbayashi
- Department of Neurology, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Kaga 2-11-1, Tokyo 1738605, Japan.
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- Department of Neurology, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Kaga 2-11-1, Tokyo 1738605, Japan.
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- Department of Neurology, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Kaga 2-11-1, Tokyo 1738605, Japan.
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- Department of Neurology, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Kaga 2-11-1, Tokyo 1738605, Japan.
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- Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyorin University, Tokyo, Japan.
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- Department of Neurology, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Kaga 2-11-1, Tokyo 1738605, Japan.
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- Department of Neurology, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Kaga 2-11-1, Tokyo 1738605, Japan.
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Cramer MN, Gagnon D, Laitano O, Crandall CG. Human temperature regulation under heat stress in health, disease, and injury. Physiol Rev 2022; 102:1907-1989. [PMID: 35679471 PMCID: PMC9394784 DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00047.2021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 32.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2021] [Revised: 05/10/2022] [Accepted: 05/28/2022] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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The human body constantly exchanges heat with the environment. Temperature regulation is a homeostatic feedback control system that ensures deep body temperature is maintained within narrow limits despite wide variations in environmental conditions and activity-related elevations in metabolic heat production. Extensive research has been performed to study the physiological regulation of deep body temperature. This review focuses on healthy and disordered human temperature regulation during heat stress. Central to this discussion is the notion that various morphological features, intrinsic factors, diseases, and injuries independently and interactively influence deep body temperature during exercise and/or exposure to hot ambient temperatures. The first sections review fundamental aspects of the human heat stress response, including the biophysical principles governing heat balance and the autonomic control of heat loss thermoeffectors. Next, we discuss the effects of different intrinsic factors (morphology, heat adaptation, biological sex, and age), diseases (neurological, cardiovascular, metabolic, and genetic), and injuries (spinal cord injury, deep burns, and heat stroke), with emphasis on the mechanisms by which these factors enhance or disturb the regulation of deep body temperature during heat stress. We conclude with key unanswered questions in this field of research.
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- Matthew N Cramer
- Defence Research and Development Canada-Toronto Research Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Montreal Heart Institute and School of Kinesiology and Exercise Science, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
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- Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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Prognostic biomarkers in primary progressive multiple sclerosis: validating and scrutinizing multimodal evoked potentials. Clin Neurophysiol 2022; 137:152-158. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2022.02.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2021] [Revised: 02/07/2022] [Accepted: 02/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Christogianni A, Bibb R, Filtness A, Filingeri D. A patient-centred evaluation of phantom skin wetness as a sensory symptom in people with multiple sclerosis. Mult Scler Relat Disord 2021; 58:103459. [PMID: 34923350 DOI: 10.1016/j.msard.2021.103459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2021] [Revised: 12/02/2021] [Accepted: 12/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND A noticeable but unknown proportion of people with multiple sclerosis (pwMS) report the sudden experience of wetness on a dry skin site, i.e., phantom wetness. Yet, we lack patient-centred investigations on the prevalence and subjective experience of this uncomfortable symptom. OBJECTIVES To assess the prevalence of phantom wetness in pwMS, its association with individual factors, and subjective experience. METHODS 757 pwMS completed an online survey assessing the frequency and subjective experience of phantom wetness. We calculated descriptive statistics and odd ratios and performed a thematic analysis to extract a patient-centred description of phantom wetness. RESULTS 220 participants reported experiencing phantom wetness (29%). Females and those affected by Relapsing Remitting (RR) MS were 2.17 [1.39, 3.34] (p<0.001) and 1.73 [1.23, 2.40] (p = 0.001) times as likely to experience phantom wetness as males and those not affected by RR MS, respectively. The thematic analysis indicated phantom wetness is more often experienced as water trickling on the skin of the lower limb. CONCLUSION Phantom wetness is a paraesthesia occurring in almost a third of the sample surveyed. Clinicians are encouraged to discuss with pwMS to validate their experience as a genuine symptom. Using the patient-generated language we report may help facilitate such conversations.
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- Aikaterini Christogianni
- THERMOSENSELAB, School of Design and Creative Arts, Loughborough University, Loughborough, LE11 3TU, UK
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- School of Design and Creative Arts, Loughborough University, Loughborough, LE11 3TU, UK
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- School of Design and Creative Arts, Loughborough University, Loughborough, LE11 3TU, UK
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- THERMOSENSELAB, Skin Health Research Group, School of Health Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK.
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Seraji M, Mohebbi M, Safari A, Krekelberg B. Multiple sclerosis reduces synchrony of the magnocellular pathway. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0255324. [PMID: 34437558 PMCID: PMC8389379 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0255324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2020] [Accepted: 07/15/2021] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune demyelinating disease that damages the insulation of nerve cell fibers in the brain and spinal cord. In the visual system, this demyelination results in a robust delay of visually evoked potentials (VEPs), even in the absence of overt clinical symptoms such as blurred vision. VEPs, therefore, offer an avenue for early diagnosis, monitoring disease progression, and, potentially, insight into the differential impairment of specific pathways. A primary hypothesis has been that visual stimuli driving the magno-, parvo-, and konio-cellular pathways should lead to differential effects because these pathways differ considerably in terms of myelination. Experimental tests of this hypothesis, however, have led to conflicting results. Some groups reported larger latency effects for chromatic stimuli, while others found equivalent effects across stimulus types. We reasoned that this lack of pathway specificity could, at least in part, be attributed to the relatively coarse measure of pathway impairment afforded by the latency of a VEP. We hypothesized that network synchrony could offer a more sensitive test of pathway impairments. To test this hypothesis, we analyzed the synchrony of occipital electroencephalography (EEG) signals during the presentation of visual stimuli designed to bias activity to one of the three pathways. Specifically, we quantified synchrony in the occipital EEG using two graph-theoretic measures of functional connectivity: the characteristic path length (L; a measure of long-range connectivity) and the clustering coefficient (CC; a measure of short-range connectivity). Our main finding was that L and CC were both smaller in the MS group than in controls. Notably, this change in functional connectivity was limited to the magnocellular pathway. The effect sizes (Hedge's g) were 0.89 (L) and 1.26 (CC) measured with magno stimuli. Together, L and CC define the small-world nature of a network, and our finding can be summarized as a reduction in the small-worldness of the magnocellular network. We speculate that the reduced efficiency of information transfer associated with a reduction in small-worldness could underlie visual deficits in MS. Relating these measures to differential diagnoses and disease progression is an important avenue for future work.
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- Masoud Seraji
- Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America
- Behavioral and Neural Sciences Graduate Program, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America
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- School of Electrical Engineering, K.N.Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
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- School of Electrical Engineering, K.N.Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
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- Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America
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Multimodal Evoked Potentials as Candidate Prognostic and Response Biomarkers in Clinical Trials of Multiple Sclerosis. J Clin Neurophysiol 2021; 38:171-180. [PMID: 33958567 DOI: 10.1097/wnp.0000000000000723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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SUMMARY Evoked potentials (EPs) measure quantitatively and objectively the alterations of central signal propagation in multiple sclerosis and have long been used for diagnosis. More recently, their utility for prognosis has been demonstrated in several studies, summarizing multiple EP modalities in a single score. In particular, visual, somatosensory, and motor EPs are useful because of their sensitivity to pathology in the frequently affected optic nerve, somatosensory tract, and pyramidal system. Quantitative EP scores show higher sensitivity to change than clinical assessment and may be used to monitor disease progression. Visual EP and the visual system have served as a model to study remyelinating therapies in the setting of acute and chronic optic neuritis. This review presents rationale and evidence for using multimodal EP as prognostic and response biomarkers in clinical trials, targeting remyelination or halting disease progression in multiple sclerosis.
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Filingeri D, Chaseling G, Christogianni A, Feka K, Bianco A, Davis SL, Jay O. Individualized analysis of skin thermosensory thresholds and sensitivity in heat-sensitive people with multiple sclerosis. Temperature (Austin) 2021; 8:21-29. [PMID: 33553502 DOI: 10.1080/23328940.2020.1769007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022] Open
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We investigated whether and how multiple sclerosis (MS) alters thresholds for perceiving increases and decreases in local skin temperature, as well as the sensitivity to progressively greater temperature stimuli, amongst heat-sensitive people with MS. Eleven MS patients (5 M/6 F; 51.1 ± 8.6 y, EDSS 5.7 ± 1.9) and 11 healthy controls (CTR; 7 M/4 F; 50.3 ± 9.0 y) performed warm and cold threshold tests on a hairy skin site, on both sides of the body. They also underwent a thermosensitivity test where they rated (visual analogue scale) perceived magnitude of 4 local skin stimuli (i.e. 22, 26, 34, 38°C). Individual thresholds and slopes of linear regression for thermosensitivity were z-transformed for each MS patient, and used to determine individual thermosensory abnormalities. When considering both threshold and thermosensitivity, six out of our 11 heat-sensitive patients (54.5%) exhibited skin thermosensory abnormalities. Those abnormalities varied amongst patients in terms of type (threshold vs. thermosensitivity), quality (warm vs. cold), location (left vs. right side of the body) and extent. Each of those six patients presented unique thermosensory profiles. While some patients experienced thermosensory loss in both thresholds and sensitivity and on both sides of the body, others experienced cold thermosensory loss on one side of the body only. The observed individual variability in thermosensory function among heat-sensitive MS patients highlight the need for a patient-centered approach to assessing thermosensory dysfunction and its potential implications for heat stress vulnerability in this patient group.
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- Davide Filingeri
- THERMOSENSELAB, Environmental Ergonomics Research Centre, Loughborough University, UK
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- Thermal Ergonomics Laboratory, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- THERMOSENSELAB, Environmental Ergonomics Research Centre, Loughborough University, UK.,Department of Psychology, Educational Science and Human Movement, University of Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Psychology, Educational Science and Human Movement, University of Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Applied Physiology & Wellness, Southern Methodist University, Dallas USA
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- Thermal Ergonomics Laboratory, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Cunniffe N, Coles A. Promoting remyelination in multiple sclerosis. J Neurol 2021; 268:30-44. [PMID: 31190170 PMCID: PMC7815564 DOI: 10.1007/s00415-019-09421-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2019] [Revised: 06/03/2019] [Accepted: 06/05/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The greatest unmet need in multiple sclerosis (MS) are treatments that delay, prevent or reverse progression. One of the most tractable strategies to achieve this is to therapeutically enhance endogenous remyelination; doing so restores nerve conduction and prevents neurodegeneration. The biology of remyelination-centred on the activation, migration, proliferation and differentiation of oligodendrocyte progenitors-has been increasingly clearly defined and druggable targets have now been identified in preclinical work leading to early phase clinical trials. With some phase 2 studies reporting efficacy, the prospect of licensed remyelinating treatments in MS looks increasingly likely. However, there remain many unanswered questions and recent research has revealed a further dimension of complexity to this process that has refined our view of the barriers to remyelination in humans. In this review, we describe the process of remyelination, why this fails in MS, and the latest research that has given new insights into this process. We also discuss the translation of this research into clinical trials, highlighting the treatments that have been tested to date, and the different methods of detecting remyelination in people.
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- Nick Cunniffe
- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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Khan A, Kamran S, Ponirakis G, Akhtar N, Khan R, George P, Babu BM, Ibrahim FM, Petropoulos IN, Canibano BG, Wilins SS, Deleu D, Shuaib A, Malik RA. Peripheral neuropathy in patients with multiple sclerosis. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0193270. [PMID: 29513761 PMCID: PMC5841750 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0193270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2017] [Accepted: 02/07/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES To determine the prevalence and severity of neuropathic pain, sudomotor dysfunction and abnormal vibration perception in patients with MS. METHODS 73 patients with MS and 32 age-matched healthy controls underwent assessment of expanded disability severity score (EDSS), DN4 to assess neuropathic pain, electrochemical skin conductance (ESC) to assess sudomotor function and vibration perception threshold (VPT). RESULTS Patients with MS had a higher DN4 score (p < 0.001) with 14% fulfilling the criteria for neuropathic pain elevated VPT (p < 0.001) and lower ESC on the feet (p < 0.001) and hands (p < 0.001) compared to control participants. ESC on the feet (32% of MS patients) and hands (30% of MS patients) were lower, and DN4 (77% of MS patients) and VPT (64% of MS patients) were greater than 2SD of the healthy control values, respectively. EDSS correlated with the number of relapses (r = 0.564, p < 0.001), VPT (r = -0.457, < 0.001) and ESC on the feet (r = -0.268, p = 0.023). CONCLUSIONS Patients with multiple sclerosis have evidence of sudomotor dysfunction and elevated vibration perception, which were associated with neurological disability from MS.
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- Adnan Khan
- Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar, Qatar Foundation, Education City, Doha, Qatar
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- Institute of Neuroscience, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar
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- Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar, Qatar Foundation, Education City, Doha, Qatar
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- Institute of Neuroscience, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar
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- Institute of Neuroscience, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar
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- Institute of Neuroscience, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar
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- Institute of Neuroscience, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar
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- Institute of Neuroscience, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar
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- Institute of Neuroscience, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar
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- Institute of Neuroscience, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar
- Department of Neurology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar, Qatar Foundation, Education City, Doha, Qatar
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Predicting falls in multiple sclerosis: Do electrophysiological measures have a better predictive accuracy compared to clinical measures? Mult Scler Relat Disord 2018; 20:199-203. [DOI: 10.1016/j.msard.2018.01.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2017] [Revised: 01/27/2018] [Accepted: 01/28/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Davis SL, Jay O, Wilson TE. Thermoregulatory dysfunction in multiple sclerosis. HANDBOOK OF CLINICAL NEUROLOGY 2018; 157:701-714. [PMID: 30459034 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-444-64074-1.00042-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a progressive neurologic disorder that disrupts axonal myelin in the central nervous system. Demyelination produces alterations in saltatory conduction, slowed conduction velocity, and a predisposition to conduction block. An estimated 60-80% of MS patients experience temporary worsening of clinical signs and neurologic symptoms with heat exposure (Uhthoff's phenomenon). This heat intolerance in MS is related to the detrimental effects of increased temperature on action potential propagation in demyelinated axons, resulting in conduction slowing and/or block. Additionally, MS may produce impaired neural control of autonomic and endocrine functions. Isolating and interpreting mechanisms responsible for autonomic dysfunction due to MS can be difficult as it may involve sensory impairments, altered neural integration within the central nervous system, impaired effector responses, or combinations of all of these factors. MS lesions occur in areas of the brain responsible for the control and regulation of body temperature and thermoregulatory effector responses, resulting in impaired neural control of sudomotor pathways or neural-induced changes in eccrine sweat glands, as evidenced by observations of reduced sweating responses in MS patients. Although not comprehensive, some evidence exists concerning treatments (cooling, precooling, and pharmacologic) for the MS patient to preserve function and decrease symptom worsening during heat stress. This review focuses on four main themes influencing current understanding of thermoregulatory dysfunction in MS: (1) heat intolerance; (2) central regulation of body temperature; (3) thermoregulatory effector responses; and (4) countermeasures to improve or maintain function during thermal stress.
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- Scott L Davis
- Department of Applied Physiology and Wellness, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, United States.
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- Biomedical Sciences, Marian University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, United States
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Somatosensory impairment and its association with balance limitation in people with multiple sclerosis. Gait Posture 2017; 57:224-229. [PMID: 28667904 DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2017.06.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2016] [Revised: 06/04/2017] [Accepted: 06/22/2017] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND Somatosensory impairments are common in multiple sclerosis. However, little data are available to characterize the nature and frequency of these problems in people with multiple sclerosis. OBJECTIVE To investigate the frequency of somatosensory impairments and identify any association with balance limitations in people with multiple sclerosis. METHODS The design was a prospective cross-sectional study, involving 82 people with multiple sclerosis and 30 healthy controls. Tactile and proprioceptive sensory acuity were measured using the Rivermead Assessment of Somatosensory Performance. Vibration duration was assessed using a tuning fork. Duration for the Timed Up and Go Test and reaching distance of the Functional Reach Test were measured to assess balance limitations. The normative range of sensory modalities was defined using cut-off points in the healthy participants. The multivariate linear regression was used to identify the significant predictors of balance in people with multiple sclerosis. RESULTS Proprioceptive impairments (66.7%) were more common than tactile (60.8%) and vibration impairments (44.9%). Somatosensory impairments were more frequent in the lower limb (78.2%) than the upper limb (64.1%). All sensory modalities were significantly associated with the Timed Up and Go and Functional Reach tests (p<0.05). The Timed Up and Go test was independently predicted by the severity of the neurological lesion, Body Mass Index, ataxia, and tactile sensation (R2=0.58), whereas the Functional Reach test was predicted by the severity of the neurological lesion, lower limb strength, and vibration sense (R2=0.49). CONCLUSIONS Somatosensory impairments are very common in people with multiple sclerosis. These impairments are independent predictors of balance limitation.
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Filingeri D, Chaseling G, Hoang P, Barnett M, Davis SL, Jay O. Afferent thermosensory function in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis following exercise-induced increases in body temperature. Exp Physiol 2017; 102:887-893. [PMID: 28488333 DOI: 10.1113/ep086320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2017] [Accepted: 05/04/2017] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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NEW FINDINGS What is the central question of this study? Between 60 and 80% of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients experience transient worsening of symptoms with increased body temperature (heat sensitivity). As sensory abnormalities are common in MS, we asked whether afferent thermosensory function is altered in MS following exercise-induced increases in body temperature. What is the main finding and its importance? Increases in body temperature of as little as ∼0.4°C were sufficient to decrease cold, but not warm, skin thermosensitivity (∼10%) in MS, across a wider temperature range than in age-matched healthy individuals. These findings provide new evidence on the impact of heat sensitivity on afferent function in MS, which could be useful for clinical evaluation of this neurological disease. In multiple sclerosis (MS), increases in body temperature result in transient worsening of clinical symptoms (heat sensitivity or Uhthoff's phenomenon). Although the impact of heat sensitivity on efferent physiological function has been investigated, the effects of heat stress on afferent sensory function in MS are unknown. Hence, we quantified afferent thermosensory function in MS following exercise-induced increases in body temperature with a new quantitative sensory test. Eight relapsing-remitting MS patients (three men and five women; 51.4 ± 9.1 years of age; Expanded Disability Status Scale score 2.8 ± 1.1) and eight age-matched control (CTR) subjects (five men and three women; 47.4 ± 9.1 years of age) rated the perceived magnitude of two cold (26 and 22°C) and two warm stimuli (34 and 38°C) applied to the dorsum of the hand before and after 30 min cycling in the heat (30°C air; 30% relative humidity). Exercise produced similar increases in mean body temperature in MS [+0.39°C (95% CI: +0.21, +0.53) P = 0.001] and CTR subjects [+0.41°C (95% CI: +0.25, +0.58) P = 0.001]. These changes were sufficient to decrease thermosensitivity significantly to all cold [26°C stimulus, -9.1% (95% CI: -17.0, -1.5), P = 0.006; 22°C stimulus, -10.6% (95% CI: -17.3, -3.7), P = 0.027], but not warm, stimuli in MS. Contrariwise, CTR subjects showed sensitivity reductions to colder stimuli only [22°C stimulus, -9.7% (95% CI: -16.4, -3.1), P = 0.011]. The observation that reductions in thermal sensitivity in MS were confined to the myelinated cold-sensitive pathway and extended across a wider (including milder and colder) temperature range than what is observed in CTR subjects provides new evidence on the impact of rising body temperature on afferent neural function in MS. Also, our findings support the use of our new approach to investigate afferent sensory function in MS during heat stress.
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- Davide Filingeri
- Thermal Ergonomics Laboratory, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.,Environmental Ergonomics Research Centre, Loughborough Design School, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK
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- Thermal Ergonomics Laboratory, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Neuroscience Research Australia, Randwick, NSW, Australia
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- Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Applied Physiology & Wellness, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Thermal Ergonomics Laboratory, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Allen DR, Huang M, Parupia IM, Dubelko AR, Frohman EM, Davis SL. Impaired sweating responses to a passive whole body heat stress in individuals with multiple sclerosis. J Neurophysiol 2017; 118:7-14. [PMID: 28275061 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00897.2016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2016] [Revised: 03/02/2017] [Accepted: 03/07/2017] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease that affects the central nervous system (CNS), disrupting autonomic function. The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that individuals with MS have blunted control of thermoregulatory reflex increases in sweat rate (SR) and cutaneous vasodilation compared with controls during a passive whole body heat stress (WBH). Eighteen individuals with relapsing-remitting MS and 18 healthy controls (Con) participated in the study. Core temperature (Tcore), skin temperature, heart rate, arterial blood pressure (10-min intervals), skin blood flow (laser-Doppler flux, LDF), and SR were continuously measured during normothermic baseline (34°C water perfusing a tube-lined suit) and WBH (increased Tcore 0.8°C via 48°C water perfusing the suit). Following WBH, local heaters were warmed to 42°C, inducing peak cutaneous vasodilation at the site of LDF collection. Cutaneous vascular conductance (CVC) was calculated as the ratio of LDF to mean arterial pressure and expressed as a percentage of peak achieved during local heating. Individuals with MS had attenuated SR responses to WBH (ΔSR from baseline: Con, 0.65 ± 0.27; MS, 0.42 ± 0.17 mg·cm-2·min-1, P = 0.003), whereas Δ%CVC42C from baseline was similar between groups (Con, 42 ± 16%; MS, 38 ± 12%, P = 0.39). SR responses were blunted as a function of Tcore in MS (interaction: group × Tcore, P = 0.03), of which differences were evident at ΔTcore 0.7°C and 0.8°C (P < 0.05). No interaction was observed in Δ%CVC42C Taken together, the findings show MS blunts sweating responses, whereas control of the cutaneous vasculature is preserved, in response to WBH.NEW & NOTEWORTHY This study is the first to assess the reflex control of the thermoregulatory system in individuals living with multiple sclerosis (MS). The novel findings are twofold. First, attenuated increases in sweat rate in subjects with MS compared with healthy controls were observed in response to a moderate increase (0.8°C) in core temperature via passive whole body heat stress. Second, it appears the reflex control of the cutaneous vasculature is preserved in MS.
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- Dustin R Allen
- Department of Applied Physiology & Wellness, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas; and
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- Department of Applied Physiology & Wellness, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas; and
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- Department of Applied Physiology & Wellness, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas; and
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- Department of Applied Physiology & Wellness, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas; and
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- Department of Neurology & Neurotherapeutics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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- Department of Applied Physiology & Wellness, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas; and .,Department of Neurology & Neurotherapeutics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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Ortiz-Rubio A, Cabrera-Martos I, Rodríguez-Torres J, Fajardo-Contreras W, Díaz-Pelegrina A, Valenza MC. Effects of a Home-Based Upper Limb Training Program in Patients With Multiple Sclerosis: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2016; 97:2027-2033. [DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2016.05.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2016] [Revised: 05/05/2016] [Accepted: 05/17/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Widespread Pressure Pain Hypersensitivity in Patients With Multiple Sclerosis With and Without Pain as Sign of Central Sensitization. Clin J Pain 2015; 31:66-72. [DOI: 10.1097/ajp.0000000000000084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Magnano I, Pes GM, Pilurzi G, Cabboi MP, Ginatempo F, Giaconi E, Tolu E, Achene A, Salis A, Rothwell JC, Conti M, Deriu F. Exploring brainstem function in multiple sclerosis by combining brainstem reflexes, evoked potentials, clinical and MRI investigations. Clin Neurophysiol 2014; 125:2286-2296. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2014.03.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2013] [Revised: 02/24/2014] [Accepted: 03/09/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The availability of new treatments able to modify the natural course of multiple sclerosis (MS) has generated interest in paraclinical measures to monitor disease evolution. Among these, neurophysiologic measures, mainly evoked potentials (EPs), are used in the functional assessment of central sensorimotor and cognitive networks affected by MS. EP abnormalities may reveal subclinical lesions, objectivate the involvement of sensory and motor pathways in the presence of vague disturbances, and provide indications of the demyelinating nature of the disease process. However, their diagnostic value is much lower than that of magnetic resonance imaging, and is more sensitive to brain and cervical spinal cord lesions. The application of EPs in assessing disease severity and monitoring the evolution of nervous damage is more promising, thanks to their good correlation with disability in cross-sectional and longitudinal studies, and potential use as paraclinical endpoints in clinical trials. Recent evidence indicates that EPs performed early in the disease may help to predict a worse future progression in the long term. If confirmed, these data suggest the possible usefulness of EPs in the early identification of patients who are more likely to develop future disability, thus requiring more frequent monitoring or being potential candidates for more aggressive disease-modifying treatments.
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- Letizia Leocani
- Department of Neurology, Clinical Neurophysiology and Neurorehabilitation, University Hospital San Raffaele, Milan, Italy.
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- Department of Neurology, Clinical Neurophysiology and Neurorehabilitation, University Hospital San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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Edwards L, Ring C, Mcintyre D, Martin U, Winer JB. Effects of essential hypertension on short latency human somatosensory-evoked potentials. Psychophysiology 2010; 47:323-31. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2009.00939.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Xu YS, Zhang J, Zheng JY, Zhang S, Kang DX, Fan DS. Fully intact contact heat evoked potentials in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Muscle Nerve 2009; 39:735-8. [DOI: 10.1002/mus.21232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Osterberg A, Boivie J. Central pain in multiple sclerosis - sensory abnormalities. Eur J Pain 2009; 14:104-10. [PMID: 19359204 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpain.2009.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2008] [Revised: 02/04/2009] [Accepted: 03/08/2009] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Many patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) develop central neuropathic pain (CP). In the present study somatosensory abnormalities have been analysed in detail in 62 patients with MS and CP (42 women, 20 men; mean age 52 years) and in a control group of 10 women and 6 men (mean age 47 years) with MS and sensory symptoms, but without pain. Assessment included clinical testing and quantitative methods (QST) for the measurement of perception thresholds for touch, vibration, and temperatures. All CP patients except two (97%) had abnormal thresholds for innoxious and/or noxious temperatures, compared to 81% in the control group (p<0.05). There was a tendency towards the opposite regarding sensibility to touch, which was decreased in 66% vs. 87% (n.s.), vibration (55% vs. 81%; n.s.) and to joint movement (32% vs. 62%; p<0.04). Comparisons between painful and non-painful regions showed both the absolute threshold values and the index values to be significantly more abnormal, in the CP regions, for warmth (p<0.001), cold (p<0.05), difference limen (innoxious warmth and cold, p<0.01), cold pain (p<0.01) and heat pain/cold pain combined (p<0.001). Also the comparisons between regions with central pain and regions with sensory symptoms in the controls showed significantly more abnormal thresholds in the CP patients for warmth (p<0.05), cold (p<0.01), difference limen (innoxious warmth and cold, p<0.01) and heat pain/cold pain combined (p<0.001). The results support the general hypothesis that only patients who have lesions affecting the spinothalamo-cortical pathways run the risk of developing central pain.
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- A Osterberg
- Department of Neurology, University Hospital, Linköping, Sweden
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After the advent of immunomodulatory treatment in Multiple Sclerosis and after several options for early treatment have become available, the early identification of patients non responder has become a very important issue. Therefore, methods are needed for the detection of disease activity and, particularly in more advanced phases of the disease, of disease progression. Neurophysiological methods, mainly evoked potentials (EPs), are widely used in the functional assessment of sensory and motor pathways. Their usefulness in the assessment of disease activity is limited by the fact that, although they can also reveal clinically silent lesions, EPs abnormalities are present only if their corresponding pathway is involved. With this respect, EPs have been extensively replaced by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), with the exception of optic nerve in which the sensitivity of EPs and MRI is similar. Nevertheless, EPs can be useful for the assessment of disease progression, since their abnormalities have been demonstrated to be more strictly related to disability than MRI lesion burden. With this perspective, EPs can still be useful in the identification of non responder by providing the clinician with objective functional assessment of eloquent pathways in patients with ambiguous new symptoms, for the confirmation of a dubious relapse, and by providing a method for detecting worsening of nervous conduction for the confirmation of disease progression.
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- Letizia Leocani
- Institute of Experimental Neurology Dept. of Neurology, Clinical Neurophysiology, Neurorehabilitation, Univ. Vita-Salute and Scientific Institute San Raffaele, Via Olgettina 60, 20132, Milan, Italy.
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Leocani L, Rovaris M, Boneschi FM, Medaglini S, Rossi P, Martinelli V, Amadio S, Comi G. Multimodal evoked potentials to assess the evolution of multiple sclerosis: a longitudinal study. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2006; 77:1030-5. [PMID: 16735397 PMCID: PMC2077734 DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2005.086280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2005] [Revised: 04/19/2006] [Accepted: 04/27/2006] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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BACKGROUND Evoked potentials are used in the functional assessment of sensory and motor pathways. Their usefulness in monitoring the evolution of multiple sclerosis has not been fully clarified. OBJECTIVE The aim of this longitudinal study was to examine the usefulness of multimodal evoked potential in predicting paraclinical outcomes of disease severity and as a prognostic marker in multiple sclerosis. METHODS Eighty four patients with clinically definite multiple sclerosis underwent Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) and functional system scoring at study entry and after a mean (standard deviation) follow-up of 30.5 (11.7) months. Sensory and motor evoked potentials were obtained in all patients at study entry and at follow-up in 64 of them, and quantified according to a conventional score. RESULTS Cross-sectionally, the severity of each evoked potential score significantly correlated with the corresponding functional system (0.32 < R < 0.60, p < 0.01, for all but follow-up visual evoked potential) and with EDSS (0.34 < R < 0.61; p < 0.001 for all but brain stem evoked potential). EDSS significantly correlated with global evoked potential score severity (baseline R = 0.60, follow-up R = 0.46, p < 0.001). Using longitudinal analysis, only changes in somatosensory evoked potential scores were significantly correlated with changes of sensory functional system (R = 0.34, p = 0.006). However, patients with multiple sclerosis with disability progression at follow-up had more severe baseline evoked potential scores than patients who remained stable. Patients with severe baseline global evoked potential score (higher than the median value) had a risk of 72.5% to progress on disability at follow-up, whereas patients with multiple sclerosis with lower scores had a risk of only 36.3%. CONCLUSIONS These results suggest that evoked potential is a good marker of the severity of nervous damage in multiple sclerosis and may have a predictive value regarding the evolution of disability.
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- L Leocani
- Department of Neurology, Clinical Neurophysiology and Neurorehabilitation, Scientific Institute Hospital San Raffaele, University Vita-Salute, Milan, Italy.
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Yozbatiran N, Baskurt F, Baskurt Z, Ozakbas S, Idiman E. Motor assessment of upper extremity function and its relation with fatigue, cognitive function and quality of life in multiple sclerosis patients. J Neurol Sci 2006; 246:117-22. [PMID: 16678208 DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2006.02.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2005] [Revised: 02/16/2006] [Accepted: 02/20/2006] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to assess the motor function of upper extremity and its relation with fatigue, cognitive function and quality of life in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) patients. DESIGN Cross-sectional and controlled study. SETTING Outpatient clinic in a university hospital. SUBJECTS Thirty-one patients with MS (25 women, 6 men; mean age 39.74 +/- 10.10 years; mean EDSS, 2.56 +/- 1.91) and 30 healthy subjects (20 women, 10 men; mean age 33.56 +/- 8.85 years) were enrolled into the study. MAIN MEASURES Nine-hole peg test (9-HPT) and Valpar Component Work Sample Test (VCWS-4), Upper Extremity Index (UEI), Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test (PASAT), Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS), and the Multiple Sclerosis Quality of Life-54 (MSQOL-54). RESULTS MS patients showed significant impairment in upper extremity motor functions, cognitive function and excessive fatigue compared to controls (p < 0.05). 9-HPT in MS group correlated with EDSS, UEI and MSQOL-54 physical health and cognitive function, whereas VCWS-4 scores (assembly right, assembly left and disassembly) correlated only with EDSS and UEI. No correlation was found between the VCWS-4 and cognitive function and fatigue in both of the groups. Compared to control group, a strong correlation existed between the 9-HPT and VCWS-4 in MS patients (p < 0.05). CONCLUSION The results indicate that disability level (EDSS), UEI and cognitive function in MS patients are related with impairment in upper extremity motor function. This again contributes to an impairment in physical domain of quality of life. A strong correlation of the 9-HPT with VCWS-4 supports the use of the 9-HPT as a measure of manual dexterity and gross motor functions.
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- Nuray Yozbatiran
- School of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir, Turkey
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