Wayne State University-Detroit Medical Center, Department of Neurology, 4201 Saint Antoine Street, UHC 8C.28, Detroit, Michigan 48201, USA.
Muscle Nerve. 2013 Apr;47(4):493-6. doi: 10.1002/mus.23614. Epub 2013 Mar 3.
CMT1A is the most common form of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT), a slowly progressive neuropathy in which impairment is length dependent. Fibular nerve conduction studies to the anterior tibialis muscle (AT) may serve as a physiological marker of disease progression in patients with CMT1A. The objective of this study is to determine whether the AT compound muscle action potential (CMAP) amplitude correlates with impairment in patients with CMT1A.
We correlated AT CMAP amplitudes and impairment measured by the CMT Neuropathy Score (CMTNS) in a cross-section of 121 patients with CMT1A and a subset of 27 patients with longitudinal data.
AT CMAP amplitudes correlated with impairment as measured by the CMTNS in cross sectional analysis. Longitudinal changes in the AT CMAP showed a strong inverse correlation with leg strength but not other components of the CMTNS.
AT CMAP amplitude may serve as a useful outcome measure for physiological changes in natural history studies and clinical trials for patients with CMT1A.
CMT1A 是最常见的遗传性周围神经病(Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease,CMT)类型,其特征为进行性运动感觉周围神经病,以神经传导速度减慢和轴索损害为主。腓肠神经运动传导速度(MCV)检测可作为疾病进展的生物学标记。本研究旨在探讨腓肠神经运动传导至胫骨前肌复合肌肉动作电位(CMAP)波幅与 CMT1A 患者神经功能障碍的相关性。
我们分析了 121 例 CMT1A 患者的横断面数据,以及 27 例具有纵向数据的患者的部分数据,将 AT CMAP 波幅与 CMT 神经病变评分(CMTNS)所测的神经功能障碍进行相关性分析。
横断面研究中,AT CMAP 波幅与 CMTNS 所测的神经功能障碍相关。AT CMAP 波幅的纵向变化与下肢肌力呈强烈负相关,与 CMTNS 的其他组成部分无关。
AT CMAP 波幅可能是 CMT1A 自然病史研究和临床试验中反映生理变化的有用的结局指标。