Cross-Sectional Area of the Tibial Nerve in Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Ultrasonography Studies
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Literature Search and Study Selection
2.2. Quality Assessment
2.3. Data Analysis and Data Synthesis
3. Results
3.1. Literature Search Results and Demography of the Subjects
3.2. Quality Assessment
3.3. Tibial Nerve Cross-Sectional Area and Subgroup Analysis
3.4. Correlational and Statistical Analyses
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Author | Year | Country | Criteria Used to Diagnose DPN | Group | Participants’ Characteristics | ||
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Number | Age (yr) | Weight (kg) | |||||
Borire et al. [29] | 2018 | Australia | Total Neuropathy Score | Healthy | 60 | 62.3 | NR |
Diabetes | 30 | 60.8 | NR | ||||
Boyd and Dilley [24] | 2014 | USA | Michigan Neuropathy Screening Instrument and Michigan Diabetic Neuropathy Score | Healthy | 20 | 46.6 | 72.59 |
Diabetes | 20 | 51.1 | 84.87 | ||||
Breiner et al. [8] | 2016 | USA | American Diabetes Association criteria | Healthy | 100 | 44.1 | NR |
Diabetes | 30 | 46.6 | NR | ||||
DPN | 67 | 63.3 | NR | ||||
Chen et al. [25] | 2020 | China | American Academy of Electrodiagnostic Medicine | Diabetes | 33 | 54.85 | NR |
DPN | 30 | 54.43 | NR | ||||
Healthy | 33 | 51.51 | NR | ||||
Dikici et al. [9] | 2017 | Turkey | American Diabetes Association criteria | Diabetes | 20 | 61 | NR |
DPN | 20 | 60 | NR | ||||
Healthy | 20 | 58 | NR | ||||
Dong et al. [30] | 2021 | China | Michigan Neuropathy Screening Instrument | Diabetes | 38 | 52.72 | NR |
DPN | 42 | 53.02 | NR | ||||
Goyal et al. [26] | 2021 | India | Toronto Clinical Neuropathy Score | Healthy | 70 | 44.2 | 66.9 |
Diabetes | 70 | 48.2 | 70.2 | ||||
DPN | 70 | 50.3 | 68.1 | ||||
He et al. [10] | 2019 | China | Neuropathy Symptom Score and Neuropathy Disability Score | Diabetes | 40 | 58.63 | 61.21 |
DPN | 40 | 60.43 | 62.98 | ||||
Healthy | 40 | 55.2 | 55.83 | ||||
Ishibashi et al. [27] a | 2016 | Japan | Simple Diagnostic Criteria by Diabetic Neuropathy Study Group in Japan | Diabetes | 50 | 51.6 | NR |
DPN (stage II) | 71 | 55 | NR | ||||
DPN (stage III) | 43 | 56.1 | NR | ||||
DPN (stages IV-V) | 34 | 55 | NR | ||||
Healthy | 29 | 50.6 | NR | ||||
Kang et al. [11] | 2016 | South Korea | American Academy of Electrodiagnostic Medicine | DPN | 20 | 66 | 59.87 |
Healthy | 20 | 65 | 60.25 | ||||
Riazi et al. [13] | 2012 | USA | Toronto Clinical Neuropathy Score | Diabetes | 43 | 46.8 | NR |
DPN | 50 | 61.4 | NR | ||||
Singh et al. [14] | 2017 | India | Toronto Clinical Neuropathy Score | Diabetes | 75 | 46.98 | 63.24 |
DPN | 58 | 59.3 | 78.52 | ||||
Healthy | 75 | 39.54 | 65.34 | ||||
Tandon et al. [15] | 2020 | India | American Diabetes Association criteria | Diabetes | 29 | 48.72 | 62.18 |
DPN | 41 | 53.43 | 66.95 | ||||
Healthy | 30 | 51.26 | 61.5 | ||||
Van Maurik et al. [16] | 2014 | Netherlands | Diabetic Neuropathy Score | DPN | 42 | 60.36 | 89.76 |
Healthy | 38 | 61.29 | 70.84 | ||||
Wang et al. [28] | 2021 | China | Michigan Neuropathy Screening Instrument | Diabetes | 44 | 54.77 | NR |
DPN | 44 | 54.05 | NR | ||||
Zhong et al. [31] a | 2014 | China | American Diabetes Association criteria | Diabetes | 50 | NR | NR |
DPN (short duration) | 715 | NR | NR | ||||
DPN (long duration) | 811 | NR | NR |
Study | Patient Selection | Index Test | Reference Standard | Flow and Timing |
---|---|---|---|---|
Borire et al. [29] | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Boyd and Dilley [24] | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Breiner et al. [8] | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Chen et al. [25] | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Dikici et al. [9] | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Dong et al. [30] | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Goyal et al. [26] | Low | Low | Low | Low |
He et al. [10] | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Ishibashi et al. [27] | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Kang et al. [11] | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Riazi et al. [13] | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Singh et al. [14] | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Tandon et al. [15] | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Van Maurik et al. [16] | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Wang et al. [28] | High | Low | Low | Low |
Zhong et al. [31] | Low | Low | Low | Low |
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Senarai, T.; Pratipanawatr, T.; Yurasakpong, L.; Kruepunga, N.; Limwachiranon, J.; Phanthong, P.; Meemon, K.; Yammine, K.; Suwannakhan, A. Cross-Sectional Area of the Tibial Nerve in Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Ultrasonography Studies. Medicina 2022, 58, 1696. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina58121696
Senarai T, Pratipanawatr T, Yurasakpong L, Kruepunga N, Limwachiranon J, Phanthong P, Meemon K, Yammine K, Suwannakhan A. Cross-Sectional Area of the Tibial Nerve in Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Ultrasonography Studies. Medicina. 2022; 58(12):1696. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina58121696
Chicago/Turabian StyleSenarai, Thanyaporn, Thongchai Pratipanawatr, Laphatrada Yurasakpong, Nutmethee Kruepunga, Jarukitt Limwachiranon, Phetcharat Phanthong, Krai Meemon, Kaissar Yammine, and Athikhun Suwannakhan. 2022. "Cross-Sectional Area of the Tibial Nerve in Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Ultrasonography Studies" Medicina 58, no. 12: 1696. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina58121696
APA StyleSenarai, T., Pratipanawatr, T., Yurasakpong, L., Kruepunga, N., Limwachiranon, J., Phanthong, P., Meemon, K., Yammine, K., & Suwannakhan, A. (2022). Cross-Sectional Area of the Tibial Nerve in Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Ultrasonography Studies. Medicina, 58(12), 1696. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina58121696