Restoration of Sensation, Reduced Pain, and Improved Balance in Subjects with Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy: A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study with monochromatic near-infrared treatment

Diabetes Care

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 168-172

  Leonard, David R ^a   Farooqi, M Hamed ^a   Myers, Sara ^a  

^a Joslin Center for Diabetes   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFRARED RADIATION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; NEUROPATHY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PROPRIOCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SENSATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PLACEBOS;

EID: 1042280192     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.27.1.168     Document Type: Article

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