神经肌肉电刺激对多发性硬化症患者的脊柱刺激性没有影响
Martina Scalia1, Riccardo Borzuola1, Martina Parrella1
1Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, University of Rome "Foro Italico", 00135 Rome, Italy.
Journal of clinical medicine
|February 10, 2024
概括
神经肌肉电刺激 (NMES) 对多发性硬化症 (MS) 患者的影响与健康个体不同. 多发性硬化患者的H反射没有变化,这表明脊柱刺激度调节受损.
科学领域:
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 康复医学 康复医学 康复医学
- 临床电生理学 临床电生理学
背景情况:
- 神经肌肉电刺激 (NMES) 对多发性硬化症 (MS) 患者提供了功能上的好处.
- 在MS中NMES诱导的功能改善的潜在神经生理机制在很大程度上是未知的.
- 脊柱刺激性,通过索莱斯霍夫曼反射 (H-反射) 评估,是神经通路功能的关键指标.
研究的目的:
- 为了比较MS患者和健康对照者之间的急性脊柱刺激反应.
- 在被动NMES (pNMES),自愿收缩NMES (NMES+) 和自愿收缩 (ISO) 条件下研究H反射调制.
- 通过检查H反射变化,阐明MS中NMES的神经生理机制.
主要方法:
- 20名多发性硬化患者和20名健康对照人参加了一次实验.
- 参与者接受了三种条件:pNMES,NMES+和ISO,每个条件都涉及15次重复6秒的收缩,最大自愿同位数收缩率为20%.
- 在每个实验条件之前和之后测量H-反射幅度.
主要成果:
- 多发性硬化患者在所有三个条件 (ISO,pNMES,NMES+) 中都没有显示出H反射幅度的显著变化.
- 健康对照组在NMES+下显著增加H反射,在pNMES下显著减少.
- 在ISO条件下,健康对照组中H反射幅度保持不变.
结论:
- 多发性硬化患者和健康对照人群之间的独特的H反射反应表明,多发性硬化患者对调节脊柱刺激能力的能力受到损害.
- 这些发现突出了患有和没有MS的个体之间对NMES反应的潜在神经生理学差异.
- 需要进一步的研究,以了解脊柱刺激能力受损调节对MS康复中NMES疗效的影响.
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