Vibrotactile sense in patients with diabetes and carpal tunnel syndrome

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1401-1406

  Thomsen, N O B ^a   Cederlund, R ^b   Speidel, T ^c   Dahlin, L B ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c VibroSense Dynamics AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Diabetes; Entrapment neuropathy; Vibration perception threshold

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC PATIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INDEX FINGER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PREOPERATIVE EDUCATION; ULNAR NERVE; VIBRATION DISEASE; VIBRATION SENSE;

ADULT; AGED; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TOUCH; ULNAR NERVE; VIBRATION;

EID: 80054704348     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2011.03308.x     Document Type: Article

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