title: [Cutaneous thermographic changes in diabetic polyneuropathy].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to demonstrate the effectiveness of the thermography method in assessing and diagnosing peripheral polyneuropathy and risk of developing ulcerative lesions in diabetic patients planting.
  
  
  METHODS
  Study was prospective and included 90 patients of both sexes, aged between 18 and 70 years in the Neurology Clinic of the Rehabilitation Hospital Iaşi from January 2010-January 2011. The study group consists of 60 patients diagnosed with type 2 diabetes complicated with sensory- motor polyneuropathy. Control group consisted of 30 patients, selected from apparently healthy general population to assess the normal thermographic profile. To register thermic values it was used a thermal infrared camera FLIR A320 type of setting individual emission on the skin areas examined with automatic temperature correction reflected the distance or relative humidity.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Gender distribution of patients in the study group was predominantly male (63%), the ratio M/F = 1.7/1. Motor conduction velocity in the study group was significantly reduced both the SPE (41 +/- 2.8 m/s) and SPI (40.5 +/- 3.1 m/s). Skin temperature was significantly higher in the control group compared with controls, both legs and the plantar surface (33.70 +/- 0.80; 28 +/- 0.50 t degrees C).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Thermographic changes in patients with sensory-motor neuropathy is an early sign in the detection and prevention of risk of injury planting.Thermography can be a useful method for diagnosis and dynamic evaluation of patients with peripheral sensory-motor polyneuropathy.
authors.affiliation: Facultatea de Medicină, Universitatea de Medicină şi Farmacie "Gr.T. Popa", Iaşi.
authors.forename: Georgiana
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mazilu
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Filos
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Popescu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000465:Algorithms; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications*; D017719:Diabetic Foot / Q000175:diagnosis; D003929:Diabetic Neuropathies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012881:Skin Temperature; D013817:Thermography