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Peripheral somatic sensory neuropathy and skin galvanic response in the feet of patients with diabetes. Surg Gynecol Obstet 1989 Jun;168(6):501-6

Date

06/01/1989

Pubmed ID

2727879

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-0024334776 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   1 Citation

Abstract

The relationship between abnormality in the peripheral sympathetic nervous system (skin galvanic response) and in the peripheral somatic sensory nerve fibers was studied in the lower extremities of 51 patients with diabetes. Deficits in temperature and pain sensations (the small sensory nerve fibers) were related to abnormal sympathetic nervous function (temperature sensation, p less than 0.001; pain sensation, p less than 0.05). The deficits in temperature sensation, in particular, predicted abnormal sympathetic nervous function reliably and vice versa. There was no relationship between deficits in touch and vibration sensations (the large sensory nerve fibers) and abnormal sympathetic nervous function. There was a relationship between skin galvanic response and RR-variation (p less than 0.01). However, abnormality in RR-variation was not related to the deficits in any of the four sensory modalities.

Author List

Wieman TJ, Huang KC, Tsueda K, Thomas MH, Lucas LF, Simpson P

Author

Pippa M. Simpson PhD Adjunct Professor in the Pediatrics department at Medical College of Wisconsin

MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Adult
Aged
Diabetic Neuropathies
Female
Foot
Foot Diseases
Galvanic Skin Response
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Pain
Sensory Thresholds
Sympathetic Nervous System
Thermosensing
Touch
Vibration