Examination of a Diabetic leg.
Introduction.
Explain the examination and take consent.
Inspection of both the legs: Colour; loss of hair; wasting; dilated vessels; ulcers; callus; nail changes
Palpation: Temperature; sensation; Pulses, dorsalis paedis, posterior tibial and poplitial.
Examination of sensory and motor system:
Fine touch: with Cotton swab
Pain; Two point discrimination; temperature; vibration sense;
Joint position sense.
Ankle and knee jerk.
Thank and cover the patient.