Table 5.
Individual parameters of the blink reflex in COVID-19 patients as compared to healthy subjects at baseline and at 20-month follow-up.
| T0 | T2 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients | Latency | Amplitude | Duration | Latency | Amplitude | Duration |
| 1 | N | N | ↑ iR2 and cR2 after right stimulation | - | - | - |
| 2 | N | N | ↓ iR2 after left stimulation | - | - | - |
| 3 | N | ↑ iR2 after right stimulation | ↑ iR2 and cR2 after right stimulation | N | N | ↑ iR2 and cR2 after right stimulation |
| 4 | N | N | ↑ iR2 after right stimulation | - | - | - |
| 5 | N | ↑ iR2 after right stimulation; ↑ R1 and cR2 after left stimulation | N | - | - | - |
| 6 | N | N | N | - | - | - |
| 7 | ↑ R1, iR2, and cR2 after left stimulation | N | N | N | N | N |
| 8 | N | ↑ R1 after bilateral stimulation | N | N | N | N |
| 9 | ↑ R1 after left stimulation | ↑ R1 after right stimulation | N | N | N | N |
| 10 | N | ↑ iR2 and cR2 after left stimulation | N | N | N | N |
| 11 | N | ↑ R1 after right stimulation | N | - | - | - |
| 12 | N | N | ↑ iR2 after right stimulation | - | - | - |
| 13 | N | ↑ cR2 after left stimulation | N | N | N | N |
| 14 | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| 15 | N | ↑ iR2 after right stimulation; ↑ iR2 and cR2 after left stimulation | ↑ iR2 after right stimulation | - | - | - |
| 16 | ↑ R1 after right stimulation; ↑ iR2 after left stimulation | N | N | - | - | - |
Parameters were considered abnormal when their value fell outside the 95% confidence interval recorded in the healthy controls.
iR2, ipsilateral R2; cR2, contralateral R2; N, normal values; T0, baseline assessment; T2, 20-month follow-up; ↑, increased values.