Quantitative vibration perception threshold in assessing diabetic neuropathy: Is the cut-off value lower for Indian Subjects? [Q-VADIS Study]

• Published in: Diabetes & metabolic syndrome clinical research & reviews Vol. 6; no. 2; pp. 85 - 89
• Main Authors: Ghosal, Samit, Stephens, Jeff, Mukherjee, Aninda
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Ltd 01.04.2012
• Subjects: Adult; blood glucose; Case-Control Studies; Diabetic Neuropathies - diagnosis; Diabetic Neuropathies - ethnology; Diabetic Neuropathies - physiopathology; Diabetic neuropathy; Disability Evaluation; drug therapy; Endocrinology & Metabolism; fasting; Female; Humans; India - epidemiology; Male; Middle Aged; Neuropathy disability score; noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus; patients; Perception; Pilot Projects; Predictive Value of Tests; Reproducibility of Results; Sensory Thresholds; Type 2 diabetes mellitus; Vibration; Vibration perception threshold (VPT); India; Vibration perception threshold (VPT); OPD; DPN; FBS; ABI; Diabetic neuropathy; NH; Neuropathy disability score; VPT; Type 2 diabetes mellitus; NDS; out patient department; ankle brachial index; distal sensory peripheral neuropathy; neuropathy disability score; fasting plasma glucose; vibration perception threshold; Nightingale Hospital

The aim was to compute a normative data of VPT [Vibration Perception Threshold], compare results of VPT among type 2 diabetes patients with and without neuropathy, validate VPT taking NDS [Neuropathy Disability Scores] as gold standard and suggest a cut off value for the Indian population. A clinic...