Dorsal versus ventral monofilament testing of the great toe for the identification of diabetic sensorimotor polyneuropathy
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Andrej Orszag1, Tae Maen Shin2, Vera Bril2
1Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
|June 3, 2011
Abstract:
We tested whether monofilament examination of the ventral rather than dorsal aspect of the great toe could better detect diabetic sensorimotor polyneuropathy (DSP). Although dorsal testing had better overall performance for identifying Subclinical DSP, the magnitude of benefit was small and there was no difference in identifying Clinical DSP.
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