The steel ball-bearing test: A new test for evaluating protective sensation in the diabetic foot

Diabetologia

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 739-743

  Papanas, N ^a   Gries, A ^b   Maltezos, E ^a   Zick, R ^b  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Diabetic foot; Neuropathic ulcer; Neuropathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALL BEARING SCORE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; FOOT ULCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOFILAMENT TEST; NEUROPATHIC ULCER; NEUROPATHY DISABILITY SCORE; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSORY SYSTEM EXAMINATION; STEEL BALL BEARING TEST; TEMPERATURE SENSATION THRESHOLD; TEMPERATURE SENSE; VIBRATION PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; VIBRATION SENSE;

ADULT; AGED; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STEEL; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 33644821746     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00125-005-0111-5     Document Type: Article

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