Graded assessment and classification of impaired temperature sensibility in patients with diabetic polyneuropathy.

Full Abstract

Thermal sensibility was quantitatively assessed in the feet of 46 diabetic patients. In subjects with sensibility deficits the perception threshold for warmth or cold, or of heat pain, was either increased or lost. Four stages of impaired thermal sensibility were defined, and a classification of dysfunction is proposed which could be useful in routine clinical examination of patients with diabetic polyneuropathy. The classification of impaired thermal sensibility correlated significantly with the results of a bedside screening examination aimed at describing the severity of the polyneuropathy in terms of its regional extent.

Author information

Author/s: Hansson, P (P); Lindblom, U (U); Lindström, P (P);

Affiliation: Department of Neurology, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Journal: Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry (J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry), published in ENGLAND. (Language: eng)

Reference: 1991-Jun; vol 54 (issue 6) : pp 527-30

Dates: Created 1991/10/01; Completed 1991/10/01; Revised 2008/11/20;

PMID: 1880516, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: )

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