%0 Journal Article
%T AVALIA  O CL¨ªNICA DA SENSIBILIDADE EM INDIV¨ªDUOS COM DIABETES MELITO
%A Ana Claudia de Souza Fortaleza
%A Alessandra Rezende Martinelli
%A Andrea Jeanne Louren£¿o Nozabieli
%A Alessandra Madia Mantovani
%J Colloquium Vitae
%D 2010
%I University of Western Sao Paulo, UNOESTE
%R 10.5747/cv2010.v02.n2.v037
%X This study aimed to perform a clinical evaluation of low cost and easily applied to detect the presence of peripheral diabetic neuropathy (DPN) in individuals with DM and to correlate the score of the esthesiometry¡¯s test and MNSI. We evaluated 44 participants with a diagnosis of DM.The NDP was diagnosed by the Michigan Neuropathy Screening Instrument (MNSI) and by esthesiometry with Semmes-Weinstein monofilaments. Eighteen (40.9%) subjects were diagnosed with neuropathy by MNSI and 30 (68.2%) by esthesiometry, the two tests showed a significant correlation, then, is possible to conclude that these two tests are effective when used together for such a diagnosis.
%K Diabetes mellitus
%K Diabetic neuropathies
%K Evaluation
%K Sensation
%U dx.doi.org/10.5747/cv2010.v02.n2.v037