Clinical and Neurophysiological Characteristics of Polyneuropathy Associated with Rheumatoid Arthritis

Abstract

The article presents the clinical and electromyographic characteristics of 35 patients with polyneuropathy associated with rheumatoid arthritis compared with 30 healthy patients. The results of the analysis of different variants of the disease, and conducted a correlation analysis of clinical, laboratory and neurophysiological parameters. It is shown that predominantly affects the motor nerve fibers are the most vulnerable - the ulnar and peroneal, and diffuse sensory fibers, and that the distal symmetrical sensorimotor polyneuropathy can be combined with other variants of disorders of the peripheral nervous system - radiculopathy, tunnel syndrome, particularly cubital and carpal tunnel. On peculiarities of polyneuropathy in this category of patients is influenced by patient age and seropositivity. Neuropathic pain indicates a more severe polyneuropathy. Besides showing the correlation ratio, the results of the clinical and neurophysiological parameters characterizing features of the disease and the significance of differences between groups.