Abstract:
OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effect of spa adjuvant therapy on diabetic lower extremity arterial disease (LEAD). METHODS:128 patients with type II diabetes were separated into three groups according to the degree of lower extremity vascular stenosis. Patients within each group were then randomly divided to receive no treatment (control) or spa adjuvant therapy (treatment). Clinical symptoms, blood pressure and hemodynamic analyses were compared between control and treatment groups by Chi square or t-test. RESULTS:After adjuvant therapy with spa, patients' pain, numbness, and cold sensation were significantly improved compared with control groups (P<0.05). Spa adjuvant therapy also significantly increased the dorsalis pedis pulse and systolic peak velocity ratio of patients with mild lower extremity vascular stenosis compared with control groups (P<0.05), while there were no significant differences between the two groups for patients with moderate and severe stenosis (P>0.05). Both in the spa and control groups, there were no significant differences before and after medication for fasting, 2-h postprandial blood glucose and glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1C) analyses (P>0.05). CONCLUSIONS:Spa adjuvant therapy can significantly alleviate lower extremity pain, numbness, and cold sensory symptoms in diabetic LEAD patients with stenosis. Moreover, in LEAD patients with mild stenosis, spa adjuvant therapy also improves the dorsalis pedis pulse and systolic peak velocity ratio, suggesting a potential role for spa therapy as an early intervention strategy to treat the initial stages of disease.
journal_name
Complement Ther Medjournal_title
Complementary therapies in medicineauthors
Qiu Y,Zhu Y,Jia W,Chen S,Meng Qdoi
10.1016/j.ctim.2014.05.003subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2014-08-01 00:00:00pages
655-61issue
4eissn
0965-2299issn
1873-6963pii
S0965-2299(14)00067-3journal_volume
22pub_type
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journal_title:Complementary therapies in medicine
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更新日期:2019-04-01 00:00:00
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