Plantar threshold sensitivity assessment using an automated tool—Clinical assessment comparison between a control population without type 2 diabetes mellitus, and populations with type 2 diabetes mellitus, with and without neuropathy symptoms

• Vitale Kyle Castellano ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Vitale Kyle Castellano, Jon Commander, Thomas Burch, Hayden Burch, Jessica Remy, Benjamin Harman, Michael E. Zabala

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: vkc0005@auburn.edu

  Affiliation Department of Mechanical Engineering, Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7260-7229

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• Jon Commander ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Vitale Kyle Castellano, Jon Commander, Thomas Burch, Hayden Burch, Jessica Remy, Benjamin Harman, Michael E. Zabala

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Internal Medicine Associates, Opelika, Alabama, United States of America, Edward via College of Osteopathic Medicine, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America

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• Thomas Burch ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Vitale Kyle Castellano, Jon Commander, Thomas Burch, Hayden Burch, Jessica Remy, Benjamin Harman, Michael E. Zabala

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Mechanical Engineering, Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America

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• Hayden Burch ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Vitale Kyle Castellano, Jon Commander, Thomas Burch, Hayden Burch, Jessica Remy, Benjamin Harman, Michael E. Zabala

  Roles Software, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Mechanical Engineering, Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America

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• Jessica Remy ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Vitale Kyle Castellano, Jon Commander, Thomas Burch, Hayden Burch, Jessica Remy, Benjamin Harman, Michael E. Zabala

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Edward via College of Osteopathic Medicine, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America

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• Benjamin Harman ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Vitale Kyle Castellano, Jon Commander, Thomas Burch, Hayden Burch, Jessica Remy, Benjamin Harman, Michael E. Zabala

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Edward via College of Osteopathic Medicine, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America

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• Michael E. Zabala

  Contributed equally to this work with: Vitale Kyle Castellano, Jon Commander, Thomas Burch, Hayden Burch, Jessica Remy, Benjamin Harman, Michael E. Zabala

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Mechanical Engineering, Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America

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