Thermal biofeedback for claudication in diabetes: A literature review and case study

Alternative Medicine Review

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 104-110

  Aikens, James E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MC 3077 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLIMBING; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; LIMB BLOOD FLOW; MOBILIZATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; REVIEW; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMAL STIMULATION; WALKING;

BIOFEEDBACK (PSYCHOLOGY); BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0032957919     PISSN: 10895159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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