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Conventional deep pressure algometry is not suitable for clinical assessment of nociception in painless diabetic neuropathy

BACKGROUND: In diabetic persons with painless neuropathic foot ulceration, foot skin was found to be insensate to noxious pinprick stimulation (stimulation area less than 0.05 mm(2)), while compression of deep subcutaneous foot tissues by Algometer II(®) (stimulation area 1 cm(2)) could evoke a deep...

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Autor principal: Chantelau, Ernst A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Co-Action Publishing 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5045473/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27702429
http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/dfa.v7.31922