DELAY OF THE ACHILLES REFLEX TIMES(ART) IN DIABETES / 解放军医学杂志

ABSTRACT

ART was determined in 104 cases of diabetics with a computerized kinemometer. It was found that of the intervals SD, SP, and VP, a delay of one of them appeared in 41 cases, two in 8 cases and all threein 15 cases. In addition, the reflex was lost in 13 cases. The abnormality of ART was positively related to peripheral diabetic neuropathy and decrease or loss of knee reflex(both p