Primary Care Diabetes
Volume 3, Issue 1 , Pages 17-21 , February 2009

Vibration perception threshold and the law of mobility in diabetic mellitus patients

  • M. Manivannan

      Affiliations

    • Biomedical Engineering Group, Department of Applied Mechanics, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600036, India
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • R. Periyasamy

      Affiliations

    • Biomedical Engineering Group, Department of Applied Mechanics, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600036, India
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.
    • ,
  • V.B. Narayanamurthy

      Affiliations

    • Diabetic Foot Clinic, Sundaram Medical Foundation, Chennai 600040, India
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.

Received 27 October 2007 ,Revised 7 August 2008 ,Accepted 25 October 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pcd.2008.10.006

Primary Care Diabetes
Volume 3, Issue 1 , Pages 17-21 , February 2009

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