Zawadka-Kunikowska Monika, Rzepiński Łukasz, Cieślicka Mirosława, Klawe Jacek J, Tafil-Klawe Małgorzata
Department of Human Physiology, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Karłowicza 24, 85-092 Bydgoszcz, Poland.
Sanitas-Neurology Outpatient Clinic, Dworcowa 110, 85-010 Bydgoszcz, Poland.
Brain Sci. 2023 Sep 19;13(9):1342. doi: 10.3390/brainsci13091342.
We aimed to assess dynamic changes in hemodynamic and autonomic function in response to the head-up tilt test (HUTT) in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) compared to healthy controls (HCs) and evaluate its relationship with the patients' reported daytime sleepiness and fatigue symptoms. A total of 58 MS patients and 30 HCs were included in the analysis. Fatigue and sleepiness were evaluated using the Chalder Fatigue Scale (CFQ) and the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS), respectively. Hemodynamic response, baroreflex sensitivity, heart rate variability, and systolic and diastolic blood pressure (BP) variability (SBPV, DBPV) parameters were calculated at rest, and in response to the HUTT. The MS patients displayed attenuated BP responses coupled with a more pronounced decrease in cardiac index as well as a reduced increase in the low frequency (LFnu) of DBPV ( = 0.021) and the sympathovagal ratio ( = 0.031) in the latter-phase orthostatic challenge compared to HCs. In MS patients, the ESS score showed no correlation with CFQ or clinical disease outcomes, but exhibited a moderate correlation with LFnu of BPV. Fatigue and disease variants predicted blood pressure response to HUTT. These findings underscore the importance of subjective daytime sleepiness and fatigue symptoms and their role in blood pressure regulation in MS patients.
我们旨在评估与健康对照者(HCs)相比,多发性硬化症(MS)患者对直立倾斜试验(HUTT)的血流动力学和自主神经功能的动态变化,并评估其与患者报告的日间嗜睡和疲劳症状之间的关系。共有58例MS患者和30例HCs纳入分析。分别使用查尔德疲劳量表(CFQ)和爱泼沃斯嗜睡量表(ESS)评估疲劳和嗜睡情况。在静息状态下以及对HUTT的反应中计算血流动力学反应、压力反射敏感性、心率变异性以及收缩压和舒张压(BP)变异性(SBPV、DBPV)参数。与HCs相比,MS患者在后期直立挑战中表现出血压反应减弱,同时心脏指数下降更为明显,以及DBPV的低频(LFnu)增加减少(P = 0.021)和交感迷走神经比值增加减少(P = 0.031)。在MS患者中,ESS评分与CFQ或临床疾病结局无相关性,但与BPV的LFnu呈中度相关。疲劳和疾病变量可预测对HUTT的血压反应。这些发现强调了MS患者主观日间嗜睡和疲劳症状的重要性及其在血压调节中的作用。