Use of Monofilament in the Detection of Foot Lesions in Older Adults

Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 76-81

  Modawal, Arvind ^a,b   Fley, Jeffrey ^c   Shukla, Rakesh ^b   Rudawsky, Don ^d   Welge, Jeffrey ^b   Yang, Jun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Lifesphere Maple Knoll Village   (United States)

^d SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Geriatrics; Monofilament testing; Neuropathy; Semmes Weinstein

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; FOOT MALFORMATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPATHY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SENSATION;

EID: 33644525310     PISSN: 10672516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jfas.2005.12.002     Document Type: Article

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