Cutaneous anaesthesia of the lower leg can improve sensibility in the diabetic foot. A double-blind, randomized clinical trial

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 823-829

  Lundborg, G N ^a   Bjorkman A C G ^a   Rosen B N ^a   Nilsson, J A ^b   Dahlin, L B ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

diabetic neuropathy; sensibility; somatosensory cortex; touch thresholds; vibrotactile sense

Indexed keywords

EMLA; PLACEBO;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREAM; DIABETIC FOOT; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOOT SOLE; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LEG; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSATION; SENSIBILITY; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SENSORY SYSTEM EXAMINATION; TOUCH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIBRATION SENSE;

AGED; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC FOOT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SWEDEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77954262359     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2010.03014.x     Document Type: Article

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