Sural sensory nerve action potential, epidermal nerve fiber density, and quantitative sudomotor axon reflex in the healthy elderly. 2014

Jinny O Tavee, and David Polston, and Lan Zhou, and Robert W Shields, and Robert S Butler, and Kerry H Levin
Neuromuscular Center, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, 44195, USA.

BACKGROUND Polyneuropathy evaluation in older patients is often challenging due to conflicting data regarding normative values for peripheral nerve testing. METHODS We characterized the results of sural nerve conduction studies, intraepidermal nerve fiber density (IENFD), and quantitative sudomotor axon reflex testing (QSART) in a prospective study of 50 healthy subjects aged ≥60 years. RESULTS Of the 50 subjects, 48 (96%) had an obtainable sural sensory nerve action potential (SNAP). Using quantile regression, we estimated the lower limit of normal (LLN) for sural amplitudes to be 3 μV for patients 60-70 years, 1 μV for those 70-74 years, and <1 μV (absent) for those ≥75 years of age. IENFD and QSART volume were reduced with advancing age, although IENFD was lower in men and QSART volume was lower in women. CONCLUSIONS We propose that an absent sural SNAP in patients up to 75 years of age should be considered abnormal. Our findings also support age- and gender-stratified normative data for IENFD and QSART.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D009412 Nerve Fibers Slender processes of NEURONS, including the AXONS and their glial envelopes (MYELIN SHEATH). Nerve fibers conduct nerve impulses to and from the CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM. Cerebellar Mossy Fibers,Mossy Fibers, Cerebellar,Cerebellar Mossy Fiber,Mossy Fiber, Cerebellar,Nerve Fiber
D011446 Prospective Studies Observation of a population for a sufficient number of persons over a sufficient number of years to generate incidence or mortality rates subsequent to the selection of the study group. Prospective Study,Studies, Prospective,Study, Prospective
D012018 Reflex An involuntary movement or exercise of function in a part, excited in response to a stimulus applied to the periphery and transmitted to the brain or spinal cord.
D004576 Electromyography Recording of the changes in electric potential of muscle by means of surface or needle electrodes. Electromyogram,Surface Electromyography,Electromyograms,Electromyographies,Electromyographies, Surface,Electromyography, Surface,Surface Electromyographies
D004817 Epidermis The external, nonvascular layer of the skin. It is made up, from within outward, of five layers of EPITHELIUM: (1) basal layer (stratum basale epidermidis); (2) spinous layer (stratum spinosum epidermidis); (3) granular layer (stratum granulosum epidermidis); (4) clear layer (stratum lucidum epidermidis); and (5) horny layer (stratum corneum epidermidis).
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000200 Action Potentials Abrupt changes in the membrane potential that sweep along the CELL MEMBRANE of excitable cells in response to excitation stimuli. Spike Potentials,Nerve Impulses,Action Potential,Impulse, Nerve,Impulses, Nerve,Nerve Impulse,Potential, Action,Potential, Spike,Potentials, Action,Potentials, Spike,Spike Potential

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