Vibration thresholds are increased at low frequencies in the sole of the foot in diabetes-a novel multi-frequency approach

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Nelander, J ^a   Speidel, T ^b   Bjorkman A ^a   Dahlin, L B ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b PID AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOT SOLE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; MEASUREMENT; METATARSAL BONE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TACTILOMETRY; TOUCH; VIBRATION SENSE;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY MASS INDEX; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOOT; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MALE; MECHANORECEPTORS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIO WAVES; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VIBRATION;

EID: 84869142208     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dme.12024     Document Type: Article

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