title: Motor conduction velocity (MCV) in insulin-dependent and non-insulin-dependent diabetics with and without clinical peripheral neuropathy.
abstract: Motor nerve conduction velocity (MCV) was determined in the external sciatic popliteus nerve in 83 subjects (46 males and 37 females), 33 with insulin-dependent and 50 with noninsulin-dependent diabetes, with or without clinical signs of diabetic neuropathy. Duration of known diabetes ranged from one month to 32 years. No difference was observed in MCV between insulin-dependent and non-insulin-dependent diabetics. MCV was inversely correlated (p < 0,05) with age, but not with the duration of the disease or with metabolic control. Duration and metabolic control were related to the appearance of clinical signs of peripheral neuropathy.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003929:Diabetic Neuropathies / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009046:Motor Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D009431:Neural Conduction; D012584:Sciatic Nerve / Q000503:physiopathology*