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Proposal of a new method for the use of the Rydel-Seiffer tuning fork in the screening of diabetic polyneuropathy. A
R de Simone1, P G Rabitti1, E M De Feo1
1Department of General and Specialist Medicine, I Internal Medicine and Diabetology, A.O.R.N. "A. Cardarelli", Via A. Cardarelli 9, 80131 Napoli, Italy.
Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
|March 17, 2015
Abstract:
We investigated the usefulness of a new examiner-independent method based on the duration of vibration sensation following the placement of the Rydel-Seiffer tuning fork over the dorsum of the interphalangeal hallux joint. This method demonstrated the same diagnostic efficacy as the Rydel-Seiffer method coupled with greater ease of use.

