Sensory testing with monofilaments in Hansen's disease and normal control subjects
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Sensory testing with monofilaments in Hansen's disease and normal control subjects
Abstract
Sensory testing with Semmes-Weinstein filaments was conducted on: 112 normal subjects to determine the effects of age, gender and occupation on threshold perception, 27 Hansen's disease (HD) patients to determine inter-observer and intra-observer reliability of testing, and 101 patients with HD and a history of hand and/or foot ulceration to identify thresholds for injury risk. Filament thresholds were found related to age (p < 0.002) and occupation (p < 0.001) but not gender (p > 0.1). Inter-observer and intra-observer reliability was found to be high (intraclass correlation coefficient = 0.88-0.93). The 4.93 (7.0-7.7 g) filament had 97% sensitivity and 100% specificity for identifying a history of foot injuries, and the 4.17 (1.2-1.6 g) filament had 100% sensitivity and 100% specificity for identifying hand injuries.
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