Touch pressure and sensory density after tarsal tunnel release in diabetic neuropathy

Foot and Ankle Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 241-246

  Gondring, William H ^a   Tarun, Prashant K ^b   Trepman, Elly ^c  

^a Heartland Health   (United States)

^b MISSOURI WESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Entrapment; Plantar nerves; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE SURGERY; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSORY ANALYSIS; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; TARSAL BONE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TARSAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; TOUCH;

EID: 84867898454     PISSN: 12687731     EISSN: 14609584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fas.2012.02.001     Document Type: Article

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