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Vibratory perception threshold compared with nerve conduction velocity in the evaluation of uremic neuropathy
Author(s) -
Tegnér Richard,
Lindholm Bengt
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
acta neurologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.967
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1600-0404
pISSN - 0001-6314
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1985.tb03201.x
Subject(s) - medicine , nerve conduction velocity , nerve conduction , diabetic neuropathy , peripheral neuropathy , anesthesia , cardiology , chronic renal failure , physical medicine and rehabilitation , surgery , diabetes mellitus , endocrinology
– Clinical signs of neuropathy, vibratory perception thresholds, nerve conduction velocities, and distal motor latencies were compared in 81 patients with chronic renal failure. During treatment with low protein diets (LPD), the vibratory thresholds correlated better with the clinical grading of the neuropathy than did the conduction velocities or the distal motor latencies, while during hemodialysis (HD), the situation was the reverse. The vibratory threshold on the foot was the single most useful test, since it correlated with the clinical grading of the neuropathy both during LPD and HD, and both between and within patients.