Long-term effects on the progress of neuropathy after diabetic Charcot foot: an 8.5-year prospective case-control study
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OBJECTIVE: Charcot foot is a severe complication to diabetes mellitus, associated with diabetic neuropathy. Any long-term effects of a Charcot foot on the progress of neuropathy are still largely unexplored. The objective was to investigate whether a previous Charcot foot had any long-term effects on the progress of neuropathy.
RESULTS: An 8.5-year follow-up case-control study of 49 individuals with diabetes mellitus, 24 of whom also had Charcot foot at baseline visit in 2005-2007. Neuropathy was assessed with a questionnaire, biothesiometry, heart rate variability and venous occlusion plethysmography. Of the 49 baseline participants, 22 were able to participate in the follow-up. Twelve had passed away in the meantime. Heart rate variability was unchanged in both groups; from 9.7 to 7.2 beats/min (p = 0.053) in the Charcot group, and 14.3 to 12.6 beats/min (p = 0.762) in the control group. Somato-sensoric neuropathy showed no difference between baseline and follow-up in the Charcot group (from 39.1 to 38.5 V) (p = 0.946), but a significantly worsened sensitivity in the control group (from 25.1 to 38.9 V) (p = 0.002). In conclusion, we found that any differences in somatic or cardial autonomic neuropathy present at baseline had disappeared at follow-up after 8.5 years.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 140 |
Journal | BMC Research Notes |
Volume | 11 |
Issue number | 1 |
Pages (from-to) | 1-6 |
Number of pages | 6 |
ISSN | 1756-0500 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2018 |
- Aged, Case-Control Studies, Diabetic Foot/physiopathology, Diabetic Nephropathies/physiopathology, Disease Progression, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Male, Middle Aged
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