Implementing a clinical assessment protocol for sensory and skeletal function in diabetic neuropathy patients at a university hospital in Brazil

Implementing a clinical assessment protocol for sensory and skeletal function in diabetic neuropathy patients at a university hospital in Brazil

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Physiotherapy can contribute towards recovering or preventing physical and sensory alterations in diabetic neuropathy patients. Our objective was to create and apply a protocol for functional assessment of diabetic neuropathy patients' lower limbs, to guide future physiot...

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Main Authors: Isabel de Camargo Neves Sacco, Silvia Maria Amado João, Denise Alignani, Daniela Kinoshita Ota, Cristina Dallemole Sartor, Leda Tomiko Silveira, Aline Arcanjo Gomes, Regeane Cronfli, Márcia Bernik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Paulista de Medicina
Series:São Paulo Medical Journal
Subjects:
Diabetes mellitus
Diabetic neuropathies
Disability evaluation
Physical Therapy Techniques
Touch
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31802005000500006&lng=en&tlng=en

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