Comparison of Pulsed Radiofrequency and TENS on decreasing of Diabetic neuropathy symptoms in Lower extremity
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Diabetes mellitus.Diabetic autonomic neuropathy
- Registration Number
- IRCT201212166186N1
- Lead Sponsor
- research office of anesthesiology and pain, guilan university of medical sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 60
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
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 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.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method