Sensory and motor parameters in leg nerves of diabetics: intercorrelations and relationships to clinical symptoms.
Nerve conduction was studied in various sensory and motor leg nerves in diabetics. Distal nerves were more affected than proximal ones. There was a poor correlation between neurographic results and the severity of clinical symptoms. No relationship was found between the degree of alteration of the individual neurographic parameter and the duration of diabetes and the fasting blood glucose level.
D000200:Action Potentials; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003929:Diabetic Neuropathies / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000294:innervation*; D008297:Male; D009046:Motor Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D009431:Neural Conduction; D009475:Neurons, Afferent / Q000502:physiology*; D012584:Sciatic Nerve / Q000503:physiopathology