Influence of peripheral arterial occlusive disease on the Neuropad^® test performance in patients with diabetes

Abstract

The reliability of the Neuropad is not significantly different in the presence or absence of peripheral arterial occlusive disease.

Assessment of autonomic innervation of the foot in familial amyloid polyneuropathy

“…At this time, the test better discriminated patients between groups 2 and 3 (1/7 vs. 5/7 patients with grade 0, respectively) but was not accurate to provide an early marker of neuropathy in asymptomatic carriers who all showed an intermediate grade 1 corresponding to partial sweating. This gain in sensitivity but loss in specificity at a shorter time of assessment was reported previously . The initial technique of the Neuropad test was to measure the time required for complete color change, i.e.…”