Vibration threshold in non-diabetic subjects

Svea Nolte, Marco van Londen, Jan Willem J Elting, Bianca T A de Greef, Jan B M Kuks, Catharina G Faber, Ilja M Nolte, Rob J M Groen, Stephan J L Bakker, Dion Groothof, Ivonne Lesman-Leegte, Stefan P Berger and Gea Drost

PLOS ONE, 2020, vol. 15, issue 10, 1-16

Abstract: Measuring vibration perception threshold (VPT) accurately classifies and quantifies the severity of loss of vibration perception. A biothesiometer (Bio-thesiometer®; Bio Medical Instrument Co, Ohio, USA) appears to be the most suitable tool to determine VPT due to its low inter-rater variability and low occurence of adaption to the sensation. Different VPT values for a biothesiometer have been described, however, specification on age, height and different measurement locations is currently lacking. The objective of our study was to identify determinants of vibration perception in non-diabetic subjects, in order to provide individualized normal values of VPTs for clinical practice. Measurements of the vibration perception were performed on the big toes, insteps, lateral malleoli, and wrists. A total of 205 healthy subjects were included (108 (52.7%) males) with a median [interquartile range] age of 59 [51;64] (range 21–80) years. Mean height was 174.45 ± 9.20 cm and mean weight was 82.94 ± 14.84 kg, resulting in a mean BMI of 27.19 ± 4.00 kg/m2. In stepwise forward linear regression analyses, age (st. β = 0.51, p

Date: 2020
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