Comparison between Different Modulated Electrical Current on Painful Foot in Diabetic Polyneuropathic Patients
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Comparison between Different Modulated Electrical Current on Painful Foot in Diabetic
Polyneuropathic Patients,HAYAM M. SAYED, ABEER ABDELRAHMAN and EHAB SHAKER
Abstract
Purpose of the Study: To evaluate the influence of three different modulated current on reducing foot pain diabetic neuropathy (DN) patients and to determine the most effective modulated current.
Subjects: Twenty-eight female patients with (eight to eleven years of diabetes mellitus) painful diabetic neuropathy and abnormal results of nerve conduction studies were ran-domly recruited in this study. Their age ranged from 48 to 60 years old. Patients were assigned randomly into four equal groups of seven.
Methods: Group 1 (G1) received low frequency modulated current (LFMC), group 2 (G2) received high frequency mod-ulated current (HFMC), group 3 (G3) received low-high frequency modulated current (L-HFMC) and group 4 (G4) received sham procedure (control group) for a period of three weeks (12 sessions). The four groups were assessed pre and post treatment for pain intensity via Visual analogue scale (VAS) and nerve conduction studies (peroneal motor conduc-tion studies, sural sensory conduction studies).
Results: Pain was significantly decreased in group 1 (G1) who received (LFMC) more than both; group 2 (G2) that received (HFMC) & group 3 (G3) that received (L-HFMC), while pain in group 4 (G4) was not significantly decreased.
Conclusion: Low frequency modulated current is more effective in reduction of diabetic polyneuropathic pain when compared to other modulated current.