Duration of disease, neuropathic symptoms, and plantar sensitivity in patients with diabetes with and without previous plantar ulceration.

 This study compared the duration of disease, the prevalence of neuropathy symptoms, and plantar insensitivity among subjects with diabetic neuropathy, with and without previous history of plantar ulcers, to a nondiabetic group of subjects. Correlations were made between the neuropathic symptoms observed and the results of sensory tests. Thermal and tactile sensitivities and sensitive chronaxie were measured in the control group (CG, n = 19), a diabetic neuropathic group (DG, n = 16), and a diabetic neuropathic group with previous history of plantar ulceration (UDG, n = 9).