TY - JOUR
T1 - Efficacy of a new microvibration sensation measurement device at detecting diabetic peripheral neuropathy using a newly devised finger method
AU - Danjo, Junichi
AU - Sawada, Hideyuki
AU - Uchida, Keiji
AU - Danjo, Sonoko
AU - Nakamura, Yu
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors are grateful to Dr. Miiko Ohike (Takamatsu Heiwa Hospital, Kagawa, Japan) for helpful suggestions. The authors also thank doctors and coworkers at Takamatsu Heiwa Hospital.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 The Authors. Journal of General and Family Medicine published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Japan Primary Care Association.
PY - 2017/8
Y1 - 2017/8
N2 - To investigate the efficacy of the finger method using a new microvibration sensation measurement device in the evaluation of diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN). A cross-sectional study of 52 type 2 diabetic outpatients was performed. Patients were evaluated for DPN using American Diabetes Association (ADA) criteria, Michigan Neuropathy Screening Instrument, and the finger method. Patients were classified into probable DPN or non-DPN groups, according to ADA criteria. The finger method measured peripheral neuropathy vibration (PNV) score of index and middle fingers using the new device in three procedures: PNV 1, PNV 4, and PNV 8. PNV scores ranged from 1 to 30 and were compared between the two groups. The PNV scores were significantly higher in the DPN group (P <.01). The PNV scores for right fingers of DPN and non-DPN groups were 10.2 ± 7.4 and 3.4 ± 3.3 by PNV 1, 20 ± 4.9 and 10.7 ± 5.3 by PNV 4, and 23.2 ± 4.9 and 14.6 ± 7.8 by PNV 8. Our data suggest that the finger method performed with the new device is useful in the evaluation of DPN.
AB - To investigate the efficacy of the finger method using a new microvibration sensation measurement device in the evaluation of diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN). A cross-sectional study of 52 type 2 diabetic outpatients was performed. Patients were evaluated for DPN using American Diabetes Association (ADA) criteria, Michigan Neuropathy Screening Instrument, and the finger method. Patients were classified into probable DPN or non-DPN groups, according to ADA criteria. The finger method measured peripheral neuropathy vibration (PNV) score of index and middle fingers using the new device in three procedures: PNV 1, PNV 4, and PNV 8. PNV scores ranged from 1 to 30 and were compared between the two groups. The PNV scores were significantly higher in the DPN group (P <.01). The PNV scores for right fingers of DPN and non-DPN groups were 10.2 ± 7.4 and 3.4 ± 3.3 by PNV 1, 20 ± 4.9 and 10.7 ± 5.3 by PNV 4, and 23.2 ± 4.9 and 14.6 ± 7.8 by PNV 8. Our data suggest that the finger method performed with the new device is useful in the evaluation of DPN.
KW - diabetes mellitus
KW - diabetic peripheral neuropathy
KW - finger sensation
KW - neuropathy screening
KW - sensory threshold
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U2 - 10.1002/jgf2.47
DO - 10.1002/jgf2.47
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85088225521
VL - 18
SP - 155
EP - 161
JO - Journal of General and Family Medicine
JF - Journal of General and Family Medicine
SN - 2189-6577
IS - 4
ER -