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I have been using monofilaments for years now on my high risk patients, I would like to know how many other clinicians working with this group of patients also use a biothesiometer and if so were they purchased it.

 

Leigh

There has been some previous correspondence on this topic . Take a look through the archives. I know there was a problem with health and safety with some biothesiometers in Australia and there was some suggestion about validity of measurements. As a result many of my colleagues use a tuning fork to gauge vibration sense. Monfiliments are used in conjunction to ascertain pressure sensation.

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toeslayer

 

Thanks, have looked thru the archives and do realise that they measure different things, but would still like to know who uses both and if they feel it makes a difference to clinical practice.

 

Leigh

I worked in a hospital with diabetic and podiatry units. In the podiatry department they would always use tuning forks and monofiliments as standard but in the outpatient diabetic department it was only monofiliments and they were collecting the stats. As far as I could determine there was no explanation for this bit as I understand it, vibration testing was actually more illuminative

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toeslayer