ArticleSAGE open medicine2020
Vibrotactile perception on the sole of the foot in an older group of people with normal glucose tolerance and type 2 diabetes.
Article in SAGE open medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06292468 (Effects of Plantar Cutaneous Sensory Stimulation on Foot Tactile Sensitivity, Postural Control, and Spatiotemporal Gait Parameters in Patients With Diabetic Neuropathy), which is not on this map. Cited by 3 papers.
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Effects of Plantar Cutaneous Sensory Stimulation on Foot Tactile Sensitivity, Postural Control, and Spatiotemporal Gait Parameters in Patients With Diabetic Neuropathy
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3 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.
- Method for Assessing Numbness and Discomfort in Cyclists' Hands.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Early detection to prevent foot ulceration among type 2 diabetes mellitus patient: A multi-intervention review.Journal of public health research · 2022Article
- Normative values of the vibration perception thresholds at finger pulps and metatarsal heads in healthy adults.PloS one · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo evaluate vibrotactile sense in an older group of people with normal glucose tolerance and type 2 diabetes relative to other sensory tests.
methodsVibration perception thresholds on the sole of the foot (Multifrequency vibrametry and Biothesiometer) were compared to the results from evaluation of touch (monofilament), electrophysiology (sural nerve) and thermal sensation (Thermotest®).
resultsVibration perception and temperature thresholds, as well as sural nerve function, differed between normal glucose tolerance and type 2 diabetes. Measuring vibration perception thresholds at lower frequencies with multifrequency vibrametry versus biothesiometer provided correlations similar to sural nerve amplitude. Temperature thresholds correlated with vibration perception thresholds and sural nerve function. Monofilaments revealed pathology in only a few participants with type 2 diabetes.
conclusionsIn an older group of people, vibration perception thresholds show a correlation similar to sural nerve amplitude on tactile and non-tactile surfaces. Measuring a vibration perception threshold on a tactile surface in type 2 diabetes provides no clear advantage over measuring it on the medial malleolus. In older type 2 diabetes subjects, both large and small diameter nerve fibers are affected.
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