Measuring the pain threshold and tolerance using electrical stimulation in patients with Type II diabetes mellitus

Journal of Diabetes and its Complications

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 308-316

  Telli, Orcin ^a   Cavlak, Ugur ^a  

^a PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Diabetics; Neuropathy; Pain threshold; Pain tolerance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; TOUCH; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 33747887210     PISSN: 10568727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2005.07.004     Document Type: Article

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