This simultaneously starts the vibrations and a built-in timer. The user of the device presses an actuation button while in contact with the patient’s skin. O’Brien’s prototype electronic tuning fork removes at least half of the guesswork. Tuning forks, however, are subjective in application, O’Brien explains, since the person administering the tuning fork test and the patient work together to estimate the time in which the patient loses awareness of the diminishing vibrations. Todd O’Brien, a podiatric surgeon at a Health Access Network practice and Penobscot Valley Hospital in Lincoln, Maine. The condition all too often can lead to foot ulcers and eventual foot amputation, according to Orono resident Dr. Tuning forks are considered one of the most accurate measures of human sensitivity to touch, and are commonly used by physicians to diagnose early signs of diabetic peripheral neuropathy, or damaged or deteriorating nerves in the feet of diabetics. went to hosp on july 5 and didnt wake up until end of august.An Orono podiatrist is on the cusp of a technological breakthrough with a new medical instrument - an electronic tuning fork - that he’s developing with assistance from students and staff at the University of Maine’s Advanced Manufacturing Center. one minute i was standing and the next: on the floor. they said it was the worst case they ever saw. i had wholeload of drs evaluating me at danbury and they came up with gbs. they will lose for sure, but i will continue at gym. is not willing to go passed 30 visits, the neuro and pt are fighting it. my neurologist says the only answer for gbs is physical therapy. also, i just started driving short distances last monday so i can get to the pt on my own instead of begging for rides from people who really felt put out when i asked. i went from wheelchair, to walker to cane. i am up to 20 mins on treadmill and then to bike and a leg thing for quads and some exercise with a rolling ball and deep knee bends and step exercises. ![]() after he stretches and pulls everything, he tests strength in all the limbs and then i go to gym in the office. no feeling outside and ankle and foot although i do have slight feeling in instep. after working with the legs, I was able to remove afo from right leg but left leg is as i described. i couldnt lift my arm until he worked on it for months and now at least I can write somewhat. he uses cold laser after heating muscles and then manipulates legs and my arm and hand. then sent to bethel health care: a real hell hole of a sub acute care faciliity. Sharon: i had rehab and pt in danbury hospital to start. I am curious to know how/if pt helps you no one has suggested it for me, nor does it make sense from a logical standpoint i.e., muscles aren’t going to work no matter what you do, if there is nerve blockage. CIDP is considered the chronic form of GBS. I have been dxed with CIDP (2 years of gradual progression) and wonder if that is what you have as well, rather than GBS. From calves on up I seem to have little/no sensory issues, though left leg below knee is atrophied and right leg is going in that direction. I can flex my right ankle somewhat left is immobile. ![]() ![]() Also, I have full sensation on backs of legs, but not front up to mid-shin bone. Sadie, I have similar sensory patterns - sensation on inside of ankles, but outside fairly numb and then pretty dead in feet and toes, though there are spots where there is some feeling. keep going to pt and lets all hope for the best with our effected limbs! hold on literally! dont fall b/c then there is a whole new set of problems. got sick in july 09 and out of hospital oct 09. balance very off b/c cant feel ground with foot, ankle doesnt flex….all due to gbs. ![]() oddly enough, i have some feeling on inside of leg from thigh to ankle, but not outside of leg or ankle or toes. Yes, my new neuro used the tuning fork on ankle and there is no response.
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