Multicenter trial of the proficiency of smart quantitative sensation tests

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 645-653

  Dyck, Peter J ^a   Argyros, Barbara ^b   Russell, James W ^b   Gahnstrom, Linde E ^a   Nalepa, Susan ^c   Albers, James W ^c   Lodermeier, Karen A ^a   Zafft, Andrew J ^a   Dyck, P James B ^a   Klein, Christopher J ^a   Litchy, William J ^a   Davies, Jenny L ^a   Carter, Rickey E ^a   Melton, L Joseph ^a   Low, Phillip A ^a   Overland, Carol J ^a   Andersen, Henning ^d   England, John D ^e   Llewelyn, Gareth ^f   Mauermann, Michelle L ^a   Selvarajah, Dinesh ^g   Singer, Wolfgang ^a   Smith, Gordon ^h   Tesfaye, Solomon ^g   Vella, Adrian ^a   more..

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^g SHEFFIELD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy and reliability of nerve tests; Diabetic sensorimotor polyneuropathy; Intra and intertest reproducibility; Neurophysiology tests; Smart quantitative sensation tests

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY AND RELIABILITY OF NERVE TESTS; DIABETIC SENSORIMOTOR POLYNEUROPATHY; INTRA- AND INTERTEST REPRODUCIBILITY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY TESTS; SMART QUANTITATIVE SENSATION TESTS;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; HUMANS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; THERMOSENSING; TOUCH;

EID: 84898790134     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.23982     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Dyck PJ, Kennel AJ, Magal IV, Kraybill EN. A Virginia kinship with hereditary sensory neuropathy: peroneal muscular atrophy and pes cavus. Mayo Clin Proc 1965;40:685-694.
2. Ohta M, Ellefson RD, Lambert EH, Dyck PJ. Hereditary sensory neuropathy, type II. Clinical, electrophysiologic, histologic, and biochemical studies of a Quebec kinship. Arch Neurol 1973;29:23-37.
3. Dyck PJ, Kratz KM, Lehman KA, Karnes JL, Melton LJ III, O'Brien PC, et al. The Rochester Diabetic Neuropathy Study: design, criteria for types of neuropathy, selection bias, and reproducibility of neuropathic tests. Neurology 1991;41:799-807.
4. Fagius J, Wahren LK. Variability of sensory threshold determination in clinical use. J Neurol Sci 1981;51:11-27.
5. Bertelsmann FW, Heimans JJ, Weber EJ, van der Veen EA, Schouten JA. Thermal discrimination thresholds in normal subjects and in patients with diabetic neuropathy. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1985;48:686-690.
6. Goldberg JM, Lindblom U. Standardized method of determining vibratory perception thresholds for diagnosis and screening in neurological investigation. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1979;42:793-803.
7. Dyck PJ, O'Brien PC, Johnson DM, Klein CJ, Dyck PJB. Quantitative sensation testing. In: Dyck PJ, Thomas PK, editors. Peripheral neuropathy, 4th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier; 2005. p 1063-1094.
8. Dyck PJ, Winkler JA, Andrews KL, Kavros SJ, Vella A, Davies JL. Testing of touch-pressure sensation: introduction of the touch-pressure sensogram. In: Dyck PJ, Dyck PJB, Engelstad JK, Low PA, Amrami KK, Spinner RJ, Klein CJ, editors. Companion to peripheral neuropathy illustrated cases and new developments. Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier; 2010. p 327-329.
9. Ziegler D, Low PA, Litchy WJ, Boulton AJ, Vinik AI, Freeman R, et al. Efficacy and safety of antioxidant treatment with {alpha}-lipoic acid over 4 years in diabetic polyneuropathy: The NATHAN 1 trial. Diabetes Care 2011;34:2054-2060.
10. Schiffmann R, Kopp JB, Austin HA III, Sabnis S, Moore DF, Weibel T, et al. Enzyme replacement therapy in Fabry disease: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA 2001;285:2743-2749.
11. Dyck PJ, Overland CJ, Low PA, Litchy WJ, Davies JL, Dyck PJB, et al. Signs and symptoms versus nerve conduction studies to diagnose diabetic sensorimotor polyneuropathy: Cl vs. NPhys Trial. Muscle Nerve 2010;42:157-164.
12. Dyck PJ, Overland CJ, Low PA, Litchy WJ, Davies JL, Dyck PJB, et al. "Unequivocally abnormal" vs. "usual" signs and symptoms for proficient diagnosis of diabetic polyneuropathy Cl vs. N Phys Trial. Arch Neurol 2012;69:1609-1614.
13. Dyck PJ, Albers JW, Wolfe J, Bolton CF, Walsh N, Klein CJ, et al. A trial of proficiency of nerve conduction: greater standardization needed. Muscle Nerve 2012 [Epub ahead of print].
14. Dyck PJ, Curtis DJ, Bushek W, Offord K. Description of "Minnesota Thermal Disks" and normal values of cutaneous thermal discrimination in man. Neurology 1974;24:325-330.
15. Dyck PJ, Hansen JD, Winkler JA, Witt LV, Davies JL. Thermal disk quantitative sensation testing of cooling discrimination. In: Dyck PJ, Dyck PJB, Engelstad JK, Low PA, Amrami KK, Spinner RJ, Klein CJ, editors. Companion to peripheral neuropathy illustrated cases and new developments. Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier; 2010. p 331-333.
16. Dyck PJ, Zimmerman IR, O'Brien PC, Ness A, Caskey PE, Karnes J, et al. Introduction of automated systems to evaluate touch-pressure, vibration, and thermal cutaneous sensation in man. Ann Neurol 1978;4:502-510.
17. Dyck PJ, Litchy WJ, Lehman KA, Hokanson JL, Low PA, O'Brien PC. Variables influencing neuropathic endpoints: the Rochester Diabetic Neuropathy Study of healthy subjects (RDNS-HS). Neurology 1995;45:1115-1121.
18. O'Brien PC, Dyck PJ. Procedures for setting normal values. Neurology 1995;45:17-23.
19. Dyck PJ, O'Brien PC, Davies J, Klein CJ, Dyck PJB. Nerve tests expressed as percentiles, normal deviates, and composite scores. In: Dyck PJ, Thomas PK, editors. Peripheral neuropathy, 4th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier; 2005. p 971-984.
20. Shrout PE, Fleiss JL. Intraclass correlations: uses in assessing rater reliability. Psychol Bull 1979;86:420-428.
21. Bravenboer B, van Dam PS, Hop J, vd Steenhoven J, Erkelens DW. Thermal threshold testing for the assessment of small fibre dysfunction: normal values and reproducibility. Diabet Med 1992;9:546-549.
22. Valensi P, Attali JR, Gagant S. Reproducibility of parameters for assessment of diabetic neuropathy. Diabet Med 1993;10:933-939.
23. Gelber DA, Pfeifer MA, Broadstone VL, Munster EW, Peterson M, Arezzo JC, et al. Components of variance for vibratory and thermal threshold testing in normal and diabetic subjects. J Diabetes Complications 1995;9:170-176.
24. Bril V, Kojic J, Ngo M, Clark K. Comparison of a neurothesiometer and vibration in measuring vibration perception thresholds and relationship to nerve conduction studies. Diabetes Care 1997;20:1360-1362.
25. Valk GD, de Sonnaville JJ, van Houtum WH, Heine RJ, van Eijk JT, Bouter LM, et al. The assessment of diabetic polyneuropathy in daily clinical practice: reproducibility and validity of Semmes Weinstein monofilaments examination and clinical neurological examination. Muscle Nerve 1997;20:116-118.
26. Chong PS, Cros DP. Technology literature review: quantitative sensory testing. Muscle Nerve 2004;29:734-747.
27. Moloney NA, Hall TM, O'Sullivan TC, Doody CM. Reliability of thermal quantitative sensory testing of the hand in a cohort of young, healthy adults. Muscle Nerve 2011;44:547-552.
28. Geber C, Klein T, Azad S, Birklein F, Gierthmuhlen J, Huge V, et al. Test-retest and interobserver reliability of quantitative sensory testing according to the protocol of the German Research Network on Neuropathic Pain (DFNS): a multi-centre study. Pain 2011;152:548-556.