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Vol. 74, No. 4, April 1994, pp. 312-313
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Michael J Mueller, Scott D Minor, Shirley A Sahrmann, James A Schaaf and Michael J Strube

This excerpt was created in the absence of an abstract.

The results of our study identified many differences in the gait characteristics of patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) and peripheral neuropathy compared with age-matched control subjects. The reasons for and significance of these differences are the bases for considerable speculation. We appreciate the opportunity to respond to the thoughtful commentaries of Dr McPoil and Dr Cavanagh and to elaborate on this speculation.

As explained in our report, we believe that the differences in the gait characteristics observed between the DM and control groups resulted primarily from a decrease in ankle strength and mobility in the DM group. We speculated that the plantar-flexor muscle weakness was a result of peripheral neuropathy as a complication of diabetes. Dr Cavanagh comments that other effects of diabetes and differences in walking speed also may have been factors that influenced the differences in gait characteristics....


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