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Developing a Methodology to Study Sensory Nerve Stimulation and Tissue Health in Diabetes

Event Date:
April 12th 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

NEC Seminar, Friday, April 12, 9:00 AM

Hybrid
            In person in Wickenden 321
            and via Zoom   
    

 

 

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Speaker: Hanna Morgan

Advisor: Dr. Hamid Charkhkar

 

Title: Developing a Methodology to Study Sensory Nerve Stimulation and Tissue Health in Diabetes

Abstract: Diabetes is the leading cause of lower limb amputations in the United States. Many of these amputations are a result of diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN), a loss of peripheral nerve fibers due to elevated blood glucose levels. Damaging sensory, motor, and autonomic nerves in the extremities, DPN contributes to difficulties with prosthesis use and poor residuum tissue health in this population, leading to poor functional and clinical outcomes. I will discuss the potential for sensory nerve stimulation to improve residual limb tissue health and detail my work in developing an experimental methodology to study this unexpectedly nuanced research question.