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Clinical Evaluation of Nerve Function in Electrical Accident Survivors with Persisting Neurosensory Symptoms
Andrew Wold1,2, Lisa Rådman1,3, Kerstin Norman4
1University Health Care Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, 70182 Örebro, Sweden.
Objective:
Work related electrical accidents are prevalent and can cause persisting symptoms. We used clinical neurophysiological techniques to assess neurosensory function following electrical accidents and correlated test results with the patients' symptoms.
Methods:
We studied 24 patients who reported persisting neurosensory symptoms following a workplace electrical accident. We assessed nerve function using quantitative sensory testing (QST), thermal roller testing, laser evoked potential (LEP), and electroneurography. The patients' results were compared with previously established normative data.
Results:
Altogether, 67% of the patients showed at least one neurosensory impairment with a large heterogeneity in test results across patients. At a group level, we observed significant deviations in in QST, LEP, and sensory and motor neurography. Overall, we found a weak correlation between test results and self-reported symptoms.
Conclusions:
In a majority of patients with neurosensory symptoms after a workplace electrical accident, neurosensory testing confirmed the existence of an underlying impairment of the nervous system.
