Franco Laghi1,2, Najeeb Khan1, Thimothy Schnell1,2, Dinas Aleksonis1,2, Kendra Hammond3, Hameeda Shaikh1,2, Eileen Collins1, Amal Jubran1,2, Martin J Tobin1,2. 1. Section of Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care Medicine, Division of Internal Medicine, Edward Hines Jr. Veterans Affairs Hospital (111N), Fifth Avenue and Roosevelt Road, Hines, Illinois, 60141, USA. 2. Division of Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Loyola University of Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois, USA. 3. Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, USA.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: In mechanically ventilated patients, nonvolitional assessment of quadriceps weakness using femoral-nerve stimulation (twitch force) while the leg rests on a right-angle trapezoid or dangles from the bed edge is impractical. Accordingly, we developed a knee-support apparatus for use in ventilated patients. METHODS: Ninety subjects (12 ventilated patients, 28 ambulatory patients, and 50 healthy subjects) were enrolled. Twitches with leg-dangling, trapezoid, and knee-support setups were compared. RESULTS: Knee-support twitches were similar to trapezoid twitches but smaller than leg-dangling twitches (P < 0.0001). Inter- and intraoperator agreement was high for knee-support twitches at 1 week and 1 month. In ventilated patients, knee-support twitches were smaller than in healthy subjects and ambulatory patients (P < 0.004). DISCUSSION: The new knee-support apparatus allows accurate recording of quadriceps twitches. The ease of use in ventilated patients and excellent inter- and intraoperator agreement suggest that this technique is suitable for cross-sectional and longitudinal studies in critically ill patients. Muscle Nerve 57: 784-791, 2018.
INTRODUCTION: In mechanically ventilated patients, nonvolitional assessment of quadriceps weakness using femoral-nerve stimulation (twitch force) while the leg rests on a right-angle trapezoid or dangles from the bed edge is impractical. Accordingly, we developed a knee-support apparatus for use in ventilated patients. METHODS: Ninety subjects (12 ventilated patients, 28 ambulatory patients, and 50 healthy subjects) were enrolled. Twitches with leg-dangling, trapezoid, and knee-support setups were compared. RESULTS: Knee-support twitches were similar to trapezoid twitches but smaller than leg-dangling twitches (P < 0.0001). Inter- and intraoperator agreement was high for knee-support twitches at 1 week and 1 month. In ventilated patients, knee-support twitches were smaller than in healthy subjects and ambulatory patients (P < 0.004). DISCUSSION: The new knee-support apparatus allows accurate recording of quadriceps twitches. The ease of use in ventilated patients and excellent inter- and intraoperator agreement suggest that this technique is suitable for cross-sectional and longitudinal studies in critically illpatients. Muscle Nerve 57: 784-791, 2018.
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