Cargando…
Callosal Angle Sub-Score of the Radscale in Patients with Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus Is Associated with Positive Tap Test Response
The aim of the present study was the implementation of the composite imaging “Radscale” in patients with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH) and the evaluation of its score, as well as absolute stroke volume and peak flow velocity of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in aqueduct as indicators of...
Autores principales: | , , , , , , |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
MDPI
2022
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9143138/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35629023 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm11102898 |
_version_ | 1784715731817988096 |
---|---|
author | Pyrgelis, Efstratios-Stylianos Paraskevas, George P. Constantinides, Vasilios C. Boufidou, Fotini Velonakis, Georgios Stefanis, Leonidas Kapaki, Elisabeth |
author_facet | Pyrgelis, Efstratios-Stylianos Paraskevas, George P. Constantinides, Vasilios C. Boufidou, Fotini Velonakis, Georgios Stefanis, Leonidas Kapaki, Elisabeth |
author_sort | Pyrgelis, Efstratios-Stylianos |
collection | PubMed |
description | The aim of the present study was the implementation of the composite imaging “Radscale” in patients with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH) and the evaluation of its score, as well as absolute stroke volume and peak flow velocity of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in aqueduct as indicators of a positive response following a tap test. Forty-five patients with iNPH were included. Clinical evaluation involved the 10 m timed walk test before and every 24 h for 3 consecutive days after evacuative lumbar puncture (LP). Neuropsychological evaluation comprised a mini mental state examination (MMSE), frontal assessment battery (FAB), 5-word test (5WT) and CLOX drawing test 1 and 2, which were carried out before and 48 h after LP. The tap test’s response was defined as a ≥20% improvement in gait and/or a ≥10% improvement in neuropsychological tests. All scores of neuropsychological and clinical variables, except for immediate 5WT and CLOX-1, differed significantly before and 48 h after LP. Improvement in time and steps of a 10 m timed walk test differed significantly between female and male patients. Out of 45 total patients, 19 were tap test responders and 26 non-responders. The total score of Radscale and CSF flow parameters did not differ between responders and non-responders. However, “Callosal angle” sub-score differed significantly between these two groups. A greater “callosal angle” sub-score, meaning more acute callosal angle, was associated with a positive tap test response, rendering it a useful measurement in the stratification of iNPH patients that will potentially respond to CSF shunting. |
format | Online Article Text |
id | pubmed-9143138 |
institution | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
language | English |
publishDate | 2022 |
publisher | MDPI |
record_format | MEDLINE/PubMed |
spelling | pubmed-91431382022-05-29 Callosal Angle Sub-Score of the Radscale in Patients with Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus Is Associated with Positive Tap Test Response Pyrgelis, Efstratios-Stylianos Paraskevas, George P. Constantinides, Vasilios C. Boufidou, Fotini Velonakis, Georgios Stefanis, Leonidas Kapaki, Elisabeth J Clin Med Article The aim of the present study was the implementation of the composite imaging “Radscale” in patients with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH) and the evaluation of its score, as well as absolute stroke volume and peak flow velocity of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in aqueduct as indicators of a positive response following a tap test. Forty-five patients with iNPH were included. Clinical evaluation involved the 10 m timed walk test before and every 24 h for 3 consecutive days after evacuative lumbar puncture (LP). Neuropsychological evaluation comprised a mini mental state examination (MMSE), frontal assessment battery (FAB), 5-word test (5WT) and CLOX drawing test 1 and 2, which were carried out before and 48 h after LP. The tap test’s response was defined as a ≥20% improvement in gait and/or a ≥10% improvement in neuropsychological tests. All scores of neuropsychological and clinical variables, except for immediate 5WT and CLOX-1, differed significantly before and 48 h after LP. Improvement in time and steps of a 10 m timed walk test differed significantly between female and male patients. Out of 45 total patients, 19 were tap test responders and 26 non-responders. The total score of Radscale and CSF flow parameters did not differ between responders and non-responders. However, “Callosal angle” sub-score differed significantly between these two groups. A greater “callosal angle” sub-score, meaning more acute callosal angle, was associated with a positive tap test response, rendering it a useful measurement in the stratification of iNPH patients that will potentially respond to CSF shunting. MDPI 2022-05-20 /pmc/articles/PMC9143138/ /pubmed/35629023 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm11102898 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Pyrgelis, Efstratios-Stylianos Paraskevas, George P. Constantinides, Vasilios C. Boufidou, Fotini Velonakis, Georgios Stefanis, Leonidas Kapaki, Elisabeth Callosal Angle Sub-Score of the Radscale in Patients with Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus Is Associated with Positive Tap Test Response |
title | Callosal Angle Sub-Score of the Radscale in Patients with Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus Is Associated with Positive Tap Test Response |
title_full | Callosal Angle Sub-Score of the Radscale in Patients with Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus Is Associated with Positive Tap Test Response |
title_fullStr | Callosal Angle Sub-Score of the Radscale in Patients with Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus Is Associated with Positive Tap Test Response |
title_full_unstemmed | Callosal Angle Sub-Score of the Radscale in Patients with Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus Is Associated with Positive Tap Test Response |
title_short | Callosal Angle Sub-Score of the Radscale in Patients with Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus Is Associated with Positive Tap Test Response |
title_sort | callosal angle sub-score of the radscale in patients with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus is associated with positive tap test response |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9143138/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35629023 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm11102898 |
work_keys_str_mv | AT pyrgelisefstratiosstylianos callosalanglesubscoreoftheradscaleinpatientswithidiopathicnormalpressurehydrocephalusisassociatedwithpositivetaptestresponse AT paraskevasgeorgep callosalanglesubscoreoftheradscaleinpatientswithidiopathicnormalpressurehydrocephalusisassociatedwithpositivetaptestresponse AT constantinidesvasiliosc callosalanglesubscoreoftheradscaleinpatientswithidiopathicnormalpressurehydrocephalusisassociatedwithpositivetaptestresponse AT boufidoufotini callosalanglesubscoreoftheradscaleinpatientswithidiopathicnormalpressurehydrocephalusisassociatedwithpositivetaptestresponse AT velonakisgeorgios callosalanglesubscoreoftheradscaleinpatientswithidiopathicnormalpressurehydrocephalusisassociatedwithpositivetaptestresponse AT stefanisleonidas callosalanglesubscoreoftheradscaleinpatientswithidiopathicnormalpressurehydrocephalusisassociatedwithpositivetaptestresponse AT kapakielisabeth callosalanglesubscoreoftheradscaleinpatientswithidiopathicnormalpressurehydrocephalusisassociatedwithpositivetaptestresponse |