Mechanosensitivity during lower extremity neurodynamic testing is diminished in individuals with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and peripheral neuropathy: a cross sectional study

Table 1 Demographic, clinical measures and correlations

Demographics		Correlations
		Subgroup	Age	BMI	HbA1c	MDNS	MNSIc	MNSIq	VPT-AVG	ModBaecke
Subgroup		-----	0.59*	-0.08	0.08	0.74*	0.69*	0.19	0.92*	-0.18
Age (years)	56.3 ± 11.1	0.59*	-----	0.08	-0.08	0.29	0.43*	-0.06	0.58*	0.01
Height (m)	1.7 ± 0.1
Weight (kg)	94.0 ± 18.3
BMI	32.8 ± 6.6	-0.08	0.08	-----	0.43*	0.04	0.35*	0.36*	-0.06	-0.28
Duration of T2DM (years)	7.0 ± 7.7
Gender	49% female/51% male
HbA1c	7.4 ± 1.8	0.08	-0.08	0.43*	-----	0.24	0.35	0.28	0.12	-0.57*
Vibration perception threshold (VPT)
Right halluces (volts)	30.1 ± 14.8
Left halluces (volts)	29.9 ± 15.6
VPT-AVG for bilateral halluces (volts)	30.0 ± 14.9	0.92*	0.58*	-0.06	0.12	0.75*	0.71*	0.27	-----	-0.20
MNSIq (0-13)	3.8 ± 2.4	0.19	-0.06	0.36*	0.28	0.39*	0.57*	-----	0.27	-0.34*
MNSIc (0-10)	3.9 ± 2.4	0.69*	0.43*	0.35*	0.35	0.80*	-----	0.57*	0.71*	-0.28
MDNS (0-46)	13.8 ± 8.7	0.74*	0.29	0.04	0.24	-----	0.80*	0.39*	0.75*	-0.19
ModBaecke Questionnaire
Work subscale	2.5 ± 0.5
Sports subscale	2.7 ± 1.1
Leisure subscale	2.7 ± 0.5
Total score	7.9 ± 1.7	-0.18	0.01	-0.28	-0.57*	-0.19	-0.28	-0.34*	-0.20	-----

Abbreviations: Body mass index (BMI), hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), Michigan diabetic neuropathy score (MDNS), Michigan neuropathy screening instrument - clinical portion (MNSIc), Michigan neuropathy screening instrument - questionnaire portion (MNSIq), Vibration perception threshold averaged for right and left halluces (VPT-AVG), and the Modified Baecke questionnaire total score (ModBaecke).
Pearson product correlations are presented with significance set at p < 0.05 (*)

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