ArticleFrontiers in neurology2023
Validation of the Body Scan
Article in Frontiers in neurology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05178459 (Withings Study to Analyse the Accuracy of Screening Small Fiver Neuropathy With a Bathroom Scale), which is not on this map. Cited by 5 papers.
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Withings Study to Analyse the Accuracy of Screening Small Fiver Neuropathy With a Bathroom Scale
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.
- Longitudinal Decline in Electrochemical Skin Conductance Reflects Disease Progression in Multiple System Atrophy.European journal of neurology · 2026Article
- In Vivo Confocal Microscopy of the Cornea in Diagnosing Small Fibre Neuropathy: A Cross-Sectional Observational Study.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Screening and monitoring of diabetic polyneuropathy in clinical practice: present and future with connected devices.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Article
- Electrochemical skin conductance: a tool for risk stratification and early anticipation of diabetic foot ulcers.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025Article
- From Sudoscan to bedside: theory, modalities, and application of electrochemical skin conductance in medical diagnostics.Frontiers in neuroanatomy · 2024Review
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Abstract
Background: Sudomotor dysfunction is one of the earliest manifestations of small fiber neuropathy (SFN), reflecting the alteration of sympathetic C fiber innervation of the sweat glands. Among other techniques, such innervation can be assessed by measuring electrochemical skin conductance (ESC) in microsiemens (μS). In this study, ESC was measured at the feet to detect distal SFN. For this objective, the performance of a new device, the Body Scan Methods: In patients with diabetes with or without neuropathy or non-diabetic patients with lower-limb neuropathy, the diagnostic performance of the Body Scan Results: A total of 147 patients (52% men, mean age 59 years old, 76% diabetic) were included in the analysis. The sensitivity and specificity to detect at least moderate or severe SFN were: Se70 = 0.91 ([0.83, 0.96]), Sp70 = 0.97 ([0.88, 0.99]), Se50 = 0.91 ([0.80, 0.98]), and Sp50 = 0.99 ([0.94, 1]), respectively. The bias and 95% limits of agreement were 1.5 [-5.4, 8.4]. The MAE was 2.9 and the RMSE 3.8. The intra-sample variability was 2.0 for the Body Scan Conclusion: The ESC measurements provided by the Body Scan Clinical trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov, identifier NCT05178459.
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