Open AccessEfficacy of a new microvibration sensation measurement device at detecting diabetic peripheral neuropathy using a newly devised finger method
Author(s) -
Danjo Junichi,
Sawada Hideyuki,
Uchida Keiji,
Danjo Sonoko,
Nakamura Yu
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of general and family medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2189-7948
DOI - 10.1002/jgf2.47
Subject(s) - medicine , peripheral neuropathy , sensation , peripheral , diabetes mellitus , surgery , endocrinology , biology , neuroscience
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 .