Moisture Status of the Skin of the Feet Assessed by the Visual Test Neuropad Correlates With Foot Ulceration in Diabetes  

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Tentolouris, Nicholas ; Voulgari, Christina ; Liatis, Stavros

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Diabetes Care vol. 33 no. 05 (May 2010), page 1112-1114 .
Topik: Foot Ulceration

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Perpustakaan FK Nomor Panggil: D05.K.2010.02 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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OBJECTIVE To examine the association between the moisture status of the skin of the feet with foot ulceration in subjects with diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS A total of 379 subjects with diabetes were examined. Assessment of peripheral neuropathy was based on neuropathy symptom score, neuropathy disability score, vibration perception threshold, and the 10-g monofilament perception. The moisture status of the skin of the feet was assessed using the visual test Neuropad. RESULTS Patients with foot ulceration had more severe peripheral neuropathy and more often an abnormal Neuropad response. Multivariate logistic regression analysis demonstrated that the odds of foot ulceration increased with measures of neuropathy but increased also with an abnormal Neuropad response. CONCLUSIONS An abnormal Neuropad response correlates with foot ulceration in subjects with diabetes. This finding, if confirmed prospectively, suggests that the Neuropad test may be included in the screening tests for the prediction of foot ulceration.

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