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WEST-10g A personal sized foot-testing instrument. It helps the tester to apply 10g of force to the foot to test for insensitivity, e.g., from diabetic neuropathy. Unlike many other 10g foot-monofilaments the WEST-10g uses a nonsharp tip. Thus, when the subject reports sensation, it is not from sharpness. Sharpness may confound the evaluation of touch (or pressure) sensation. Typically, the tester wants to evaluate touch sensitivity, to detect or tract (large-axon) neuropathy, because pain-sensitivity is resistant to damage.