Evaluation of the Tibial Nerve with Shear-Wave Elastography: A Potential Sonographic Method for the Diagnosis of Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy

Atilla Suleyman Dikici,Fethi Emre Ustabasioglu,Sakir Delil,Mecbure Nalbantoglu,Bektaş Korkmaz,Selim Bakan,Osman Kula,Nurten Uzun,Ismail Mihmanli,Fatih Kantarci

Evaluation of the Tibial Nerve with Shear-Wave Elastography: A Potential Sonographic Method for the Diagnosis of Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy

2017

Atilla Suleyman Dikici
Fethi Emre Ustabasioglu
Sakir Delil
Mecbure Nalbantoglu
Bektaş Korkmaz
Selim Bakan
Osman Kula
Nurten Uzun
Ismail Mihmanli
Fatih Kantarci

The nerve stiffness in patients with clinically and electrophysiologically established diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) was higher than that in healthy control subjects and diabetic patients without DPN.

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Tibial nerve
Elastography
Radiology
Peripheral neuropathy
Physical therapy
Diabetes mellitus
Medicine
shear wave elastography
in patient
healthy control

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