在成年加纳人社区样本中评估振动感知值
Francis Tanam Djankpa1, Albert G B Amoah2,3, Festus Komla Adzaku4
1Department of Physiology, School of Medical Sciences, College of Health and Allied Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.
PloS one
|November 8, 2023
概括
加纳的振动感知值 (VPT) 测试显示,年龄是影响结果的唯一因素. 建议测量远端四肢以进行准确的评估,临床应用需要特定年龄的范围.
科学领域:
- 神经学 神经学
- 身体感官功能 身体感官功能
- 周围神经病变诊断 诊断 周围神经病变
背景情况:
- 振动感知值 (VPT) 对于评估体感官功能和诊断外围神经病变至关重要.
- 确定典型的VPT值和了解健康个体的变化因素对于其临床应用至关重要.
- 这项研究旨在确定加纳成年人口的正常VPT范围和影响因素.
研究的目的:
- 在健康的成年人中建立规范的振动感知值 (VPT).
- 调查年龄,性别,禁食血糖和体重指数对VPT的影响.
- 为优化 VPT 测试协议提供建议.
主要方法:
- 收集了加纳391名非糖尿病成年人 (30-80岁) 的人口统计和医疗数据.
- 使用霍威尔神经测量仪测量VPT的大脚,中间,中指和肘部头部.
- 分析了与性别,年龄,禁食血糖和体重指数相关的VPT变异性.
主要成果:
- 总体VPT范围为5.74 ± 0.14至8.55 ± 0.18伏 (下肢) 和3.61 ± 0.06至5.00 ± 0.08伏 (上肢).
- 年龄是VPT下肢和上肢的唯一显著预测因素 (P < 0.001).
- 与手相比,VPT在脚部显著更高,并且在近位部位通常更高.
结论:
- 年龄是影响振动感知值 (VPT) 变化的主要因素.
- 对于更一致的VPT测量,建议使用远端四肢部位.
- 特定于年龄的参考范围是必要的,以便在临床实践中准确地解释VPT结果.
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