Evaluation of pressure threshold prior to foot ulceration: One- versus two-point static touch

Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 508-514

  Barber, Mitchell A ^a   Conolley, Janice ^a   Spaulding, Cecily M ^a   Dellon, A Lee ^b,c,d  

^a Inst for Peripheral Nerve Surgery   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRESSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TARSAL TUNNEL SYNDROME;

DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, NEUROLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRESSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TARSAL TUNNEL SYNDROME;

EID: 0035513975     PISSN: 87507315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7547/87507315-91-10-508     Document Type: Review

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