Sensory nerve conduction in patients with diabetes mellitus and controls

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Abstract
Conduction rates in the sensory fibers of median and ulnar nerves were studied in controls and patients with diabetes mellitus with and without clinical evidence of neuropathy. In controls, conduction rates slowed progressively after the age of 35. In diabetics with neuropathy, one or more evoked potentials could not be elicited in the majority, and conduction rates when they could be estimated were significantly slowed as a group. In diabetics without neuropathy, similar but less marked findings were noted. This technic offers a sensitive means of detecting impairment in sensory nerve function and should provide an objective method of following the course of diabetic neuropathy and its response to treatment.

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