The Ipswich Touch Test (IpTT): Your Diagnostic tool is "at hand"

Pardon the pun from Ipswich’s own Gerry Rayman, but this simple, effective touch test to identify loss of protective sensation is, in our opinion, ready for prime time. See the manuscript here The key text from the manuscript:  The IpTT involves lightly touching/resting the tip of the index fi nger for 1 – 2 son the tips of the fi rst, third, and fi fth toesand the dorsum of the hallux

Pardon the pun from Ipswich’s own Gerry Rayman, but this simple, effective touch test to identify loss of protective sensation is, in our opinion, ready for prime time. See the manuscript here The key text from the manuscript:  The IpTT involves lightly touching/resting the tip of the index fi nger for 1 – 2 son the tips of the fi rst, third, and fi fth toesand the dorsum of the hallux

Originally posted here:


http://www.foot-health-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=106409
The Ipswich Touch Test for diabetic neuropathy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USJw7z_m2OU
http://podiapaedia.org/wiki/diabetes/diabetic-foot/assessment/ipswich-touch-test/
http://www.podiatry.help/the-ipswich-touch-test/

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