Mechanosensitivity during lower extremity neurodynamic testing is diminished in individuals with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and peripheral neuropathy: A cross sectional study

BMC Neurology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Boyd, Benjamin S ^a   Wanek, Linda ^b   Gray, Andrew T ^c   Topp, Kimberly S ^d,e  

^a SAMUEL MERRITT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GONIOMETRY; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; LEG MOVEMENT; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; RANGE OF MOTION; REST; SYMPTOM; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; VIBRATION SENSE; INNERVATION; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDER;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956492014     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-10-75     Document Type: Article

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