Table 2.
List of sensory testing.
| Multimodal sensory testing | ||
|---|---|---|
| Sensory modality | Testing strategy | Unit/scale |
| Clinical evaluation | (Delayed wound healing, redness, swelling, pus, seroma, hypertrophic scarring, allergy, and foreign body sensation) | |
| (1) Nociception | Visual Analog Scale (VAS) used for pain estimation | Value: 0–10 |
| (2) Loss of sensation (hypesthesia) | Measurement and photo documentation of the area on the lateral aspect of the foot with loss of sensation | Value: cm2 |
| Sharp-blunt discrimination | Value: yes/no | |
| (3) Tinel's sign | Palpation revealing Tinel's sign and documentation of location in relation to the landmarks | Value: relationship to landmarks in cm |
| (4) Spatial resolution | Static and moving/dynamic two-point discrimination | Value: s/m 2-PD in mm |
| (5) Pressure | Semmes-Weinstein monofilament test | Value: monofilament strength in g |
| (6) Thermoception | Cold-warm discrimination | Value: yes/no |
| (7) Vibration | 128 Hz tuning fork | Value: scale from 0–8 |