Abstract | OBJECTIVE: DESIGN: Case series study. SETTING: Physical medicine and rehabilitation department at a university hospital. PARTICIPANTS: Eighteen control subjects, 30 stroke patients without CRPS I, and 12 stroke patients with CRPS I. INTERVENTIONS: Not applicable. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: TcPo(2) was measured on the back of hands on 2 consecutive days using a polarographic technique. The reproducibility was evaluated by using the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) and the coefficient of variation. RESULTS: In the controls, the values of TcPo(2) were not reproducible, with an ICC of.51 (95% confidence interval [CI],.23-.72). Similarly, in the hemiplegics with and without CRPS I, TcPo(2) was not reproducible, with an ICC of.43 (95% CI, -.15 to.74) and.69 (95% CI,.45-.84), respectively. The differences between the 2 upper limbs were even less reproducible in each population. CONCLUSIONS: Measurement of TcPo(2) on the hand using our procedure did not seem to be sufficiently reproducible for application to a pathology such as CRPS I.
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Authors | Jean-Christophe Daviet, Pierre Dudognon, Pierre-Marie Preux, Isabelle Rebeyrotte, Philippe Lacroix, Marguerite Munoz, Jean-Yves Salle |
Journal | Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation
(Arch Phys Med Rehabil)
Vol. 85
Issue 7
Pg. 1102-5
(Jul 2004)
ISSN: 0003-9993 [Print] United States |
PMID | 15241757
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Chemical References |
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Topics |
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Blood Gas Monitoring, Transcutaneous
- Female
- Hand
(blood supply)
- Humans
- Male
- Microcirculation
- Middle Aged
- Oxygen
(analysis)
- Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy
(blood, etiology)
- Reproducibility of Results
- Stroke
(blood, complications)
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