Clinical identification of sympathetic skin responses in type 2 diabetic mellitus combined with cerebral infarction autonomic nerve dysfunction
BAN Xu-ying
LI Hui-qin
YANG Zhi-feng
Abstract：Objective To investigate the significance of sympathetic skin response (SSR) to automatic dysfunction in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) combined with cerebral infarction. Methods SSR was carried out in 100 patients with T2DM combined with cerebral infarction and 50 patients with cerebral infarction and 40 patients with diabetes were enrolled as control groups. Results There was significant difference of latencies and amplitudes of SSR between three groups (P <0.01). SSR was elicited clearly in 70 percent cerebral infarction and 60 percent diabetes controls, but SSR was elicited clearly in only 15 patients with T2DM combined with cerebral infarction. 85 patients had abnormal responses in SSR in at least one limb, and showed prolongation of latency and remarkable decreases in amplitude. Conclusions SSR is an objective diagnostic method to assess the autonomic nerve dysfunction related to T2DM combined with cerebral infarction.
Keywords：Diabetes mellitustype 2Sympathetic nervous systemCerebrovascular accidentAutonomic nervous system diseases
Publication Date：2010-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2026-09-14(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)