The value of the Rydel-Seiffer tuning fork as a predictor of diabetic polyneuropathy compared with a neurothesiometer

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 563-567

  Kastenbauer T ^a   Sauseng, S ^a   Brath, H ^a   Abrahamian, H ^a   Irsigler, K ^a  

^a GENERAL HOSPITAL LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Diabetic polyneuropathy; Neurothesiometer; Rydel seiffer tuning fork; Vibration perception threshold

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ACHILLES REFLEX; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NERVE INJURY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOE; VIBRATION; VIBRATION SENSE;

AGE FACTORS; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, NEUROLOGICAL; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TIME FACTORS; VIBRATION;

EID: 18544404949     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2004.01205.x     Document Type: Article

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