Evaluation of hand functions in women with polycystic ovary syndrome

Abstract

Japanese women now account for 43 percent of the labor force. A number of them are involved in construction, agricultural and forestry jobs. The aim of this study was to establish a non-invasive technique for the evaluation of peripheral circulatory functions in women with Raynaud's phenomenon (RP) and introduce a specific method for the assessment of vascular disturbances in females exposed to hand-transmitted vibration. The subjects of this study were 10 women with primary RP, 7 women with progressive systemic sclerosis (PSS) secondary to RP, and 17 females who were included as the control group. The evaluation of peripheral circulatory functions in all subjects was based on the values of finger blood flow (FBF) and finger skin temperature (FST) measured before, during and following a 5-min recovery period after the hand was immersed in cold water (5°C, 1 min). The measured values of FBF and FST of the primary RP group before and after the immersion test were significantly (p < 0.01) lower compared to those of the control group. The technique applied in this study could be used as a non-invasive and tolerable technique to determine the digital circulatory functions in female subjects with RP.

Women with polycystic ovary syndrome have greater muscle strength irrespective of body composition

“…Another study, using a Jamar dynamometer to evaluate the isometric handgrip strength of the dominant limb, found no difference in muscle strength between women with PCOS and age-matched healthy women. However, the limitation of that study was the lack of information about parameters that may affect muscular strength such as IR [21]. These findings differ from ours results showing higher isometric handgrip strength levels of the same muscle groups in women with PCOS than in control women.…”

Increased prevalence of anxiety symptoms in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: systematic review and meta-analysis

“…There was no difference in marital status, employment status, and parity between the two groups in three studies (5,12,13), and these parameters were not reported in the other study (10). Of the five studies that reported mean anxiety scores, three had significantly higher anxiety scores in PCOS women compared with control women (Table 2) (11,14,15). In all three studies there was no significant difference in age and BMI between the two groups.…”

“…One study included age-and BMI-matched subjects and reported a higher prevalence of generalized anxiety and phobias in women with PCOS (12). In four other studies with no significant difference in BMI between PCOS and control subjects, the anxiety scores were significantly higher in three (11,14,15). Another potential factor that may contribute to anxiety symptoms in women with PCOS is an unfulfilled wish to conceive.…”

Increased Risk for Abnormal Depression Scores in Women With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

“…In five studies, BMI was either matched between groups 21,22 or not significantly different. 20,26,30 Figure 4 shows the subanalysis of these studies, and the risk of abnormal depression scores remained significantly increased in women with PCOS (OR 4.09, 95% CI 2.62-6.41). The heterogeneity between these studies was not significantly different (Fig.…”