Comparison of the sensitivities of plantar nerve conduction techniques for early detection of diabetic sensory polyneuropathy

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 269-275

  Hemmi, Shoji ^a   Inoue, K ^a   Murakami, T ^a   Sunada, Y ^a  

^a KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diabetic neuropathy; Digital and interdigital nerves; Medial plantar nerve; Near nerve needle technique; Sensory nerve action potentials; SNAPs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; GUILOFF METHOD; HEMMI METHOD; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEDIAL PLANTAR NERVE; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NERVE POTENTIAL; OH METHOD; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PONSFORD METHOD; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SENSORY NEUROPATHY;

ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77957917256     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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