Conventional deep pressure algometry is not suitable for clinical assessment of nociception in painless diabetic neuropathy.
Ernst A Chantelau
Published in: Diabetic foot & ankle (2016)
Algometer II readings represent spatial summation of low-threshold pressure-receptor rather than of high-threshold nociceptor stimulation and are, thus, unhelpful for assessing PLDN. Reproducibility of the measurements is good.