I'm not sure that would give me a warm & fuzzy if he's never done it and is using instructions. It's not like it's a difficult procedure...very easy, in fact, but still the handling and such of the samples is very important, not to mention getting the correct depth of tissue.

Let me also add that I don't understand why he (or the other place) is only getting ONE sample. That doesn't make any sense at all. I had 3 three from each leg (ankle, knee and thigh). The reason is to assess length and non-length dependent SFN by seeing the density at different levels of the leg. This is very important. You may not need all three on both legs, but at least two should be done on the same leg (ankle and then knee or thigh as the other).

Maybe Glenn will chime in with more details on just how important this is.