Open AccessRelevance of ankle reflex as a screening test for diabetic peripheral neuropathy
Author(s) -
Mohd Mustufa Malik,
Sushil Jindal,
Shaifali Bansal,
Vivek Saxena,
Uma Shankar Shukla
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
indian journal of endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.456
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2230-9500
pISSN - 2230-8210
DOI - 10.4103/2230-8210.119641
Subject(s) - medicine , gold standard (test) , peripheral neuropathy , ankle , ankle jerk reflex , diabetes mellitus , peripheral , reflex , clinical significance , diabetic neuropathy , physical therapy , surgery , endocrinology
The primary objective of this study is to find out if testing ankle reflex (AR) alone is an effective screening tool for diabetic peripheral neuropathy and the secondary objective of this study is to compare its sensitivity and specificity with biothesiometer vibration perception threshold (VPT), which is the gold standard.