Diabetes mellitus. Diabetic autonomic neuropathy
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention 1: for TENS group after cleaning the skin with alcohol, patch electrodes will be attached to the skin of lateral inferior part of knee and forfoot. then electrical impulses will be genera
Treatment - Devices
for TENS group after cleaning the skin with alcohol, patch electrodes will be attached to the skin of lateral inferior part of knee and forfoot. then electrical impulses will be generated with 80 Hz a
for RF group in operation room with fluoroscopic guide, the patient will be in prone position and RF needle will be inserted percutaneously from lumbar region to the lumbar sympathetic chain in antero
Sponsors
research office of anesthesiology and pain, guilan university of medical sciences
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criterion: diabetic patients who have been referred to the "Pain clinic" because of persistent pain and paresthesia in lower extremity who did not respond to oral medications. Exclusion criteria: coagulopathy; anti platelet and anticoagulant therapy; local infection at the procedure site; advanced stages of diabetic neuropathy without paresthesia and pain; addiction; cardiac pacemaker; epilepsy and pregnancy
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria:
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Pain. Timepoint: before intervention, 7th day and 1st month and 3rd month after intervention. Method of measurement: numeric rating scale score.;Paresthesia. Timepoint: before intervention, 7th day and 1st month and 3rd month after intervention. Method of measurement: numeric rating scale score. | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
Public Contactbahram naderi nabi
guilan university of medical sciences
Outcome results
None listed