Why the study?
Does skin blood flow monitoring using laser Doppler flowmetry improve the detection of early sympathetic peripheral neuropathy compared to sympathetic skin response in diabetic patients?
Population
21 diabetic patients with at least stage one polyneuropathy and 21 age-matched controls (n=42)
Comparison
Skin blood flow monitoring at the index finger… vs Sympathetic skin response (SSR) testing
Design
Case-control
Authors
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May complement SSR for early diabetic neuropathy detection; leaves open need for prospective outcome trials before adoption.
Does skin blood flow monitoring using laser Doppler flowmetry improve the detection of early sympathetic peripheral neuropathy compared to sympathetic skin response in diabetic patients?
Skin blood flow monitoring after sympathetic stimulation provides a reproducible parameter of sympathetic vasomotor control that complements SSR testing for early diagnosis of diabetic autonomic neuropathy.
Hilz et al. (2000) studied this question.
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