Effect of Socks on the Assessment of Vibration Sensation

Table 1

The duration of vibration sensation in the healthy volunteers and the patients with diabetic polyneuropathy.

Groups	Age (years) median (range)	Great toe; (𝑠, mean ± SD)				Medial malleolus; (𝑠, mean ± SD)
		w/o socks	w/ socks	𝐷	P *	w/o socks	w/ socks	𝐷	P *
H; 22 M, 28 F	37 (18–68)	19.4±4.2	19.5±4.2	−0.2±1.67	0.54	15.1±3.3	14.6±3.3	0.6±1.62	0.02
PNP; 5 M, 14 F	57 (32–72)	13.4±3.8	12.7±4.1	0.7±2.13	0.19	11.9±3.8	11.7±3.4	0.3±1.82	0.56

Abbreviations: H: healthy, PNP: patients with diabetic polyneuropathy, M: male, F: female, SD: standard deviation, w/: with, w/o: without, 𝐷: mean difference between measurements w/o socks and w/ socks. *Paired samples t-test was used.