Diagnosis of postural disorders in patients with sensory chronic polyneuropathies: a pilot research
The aim of the research. To evaluate the degree of postural disorders in patients with sensory forms of polyneuropathy on the example of diabetic (DPN) and chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP). Materials and methods. The study included 21 persons with sensor variant CIDP (group 1) and 18 persons (group 2) with DPN on the base of University Hospital of KrasSMU named after Prof. V.F. Voino-Yasenetsky. In group 1 the age of the patients from 13 to 74 years old, median of age - 27.5 years old. In group 2 the age of the patients ranged from 35 to 76 years, median of age - 60.5 years. Methods of diagnosis: clinical neurological, neurophysiological. Results. As a result of the stabilometric study the disorders of postural functions in patients with CIDP and DPN appear as light retropul-sion, more pronounced in the phase of closed eyes (CE); general instability of the main stand in the form of increasing the area of statoki-nesiogram more pronounced in the phase of CE and in the case of DPN - and even acceleration of the center of gravity in the CE phase. Conclusion. The method of the computer stabilometry allows objectively evaluate the presence and severity of postural disorders in patients with sensory forms of chronic polyneuropathy.