Current Status of Mind-Body Interventions for Vascular Complications of Diabetes
Autor: | Daniel J. Cox, Daniel I. Galper, Ann Gill Taylor |
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Rok vydání: | 2003 |
Předmět: |
Ulcer healing
medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Thermal biofeedback Biofeedback Psychology medicine.disease United States Self Care Mind–body interventions Lifestyle modification Quality of life Regional Blood Flow Diabetes mellitus Blood Circulation Ambulatory medicine Humans Functional status Skin Temperature Intensive care medicine business Diabetic Angiopathies Psychophysiology |
Zdroj: | Family & Community Health. 26:34-40 |
ISSN: | 0160-6379 |
Popis: | Impaired peripheral blood flow causes complications, disabilities, expenses, and deaths among persons with diabetes mellitus. Many individuals suffer from lower-extremity pain, reduced functional status, and impaired quality of life. Current conventional treatments include lifestyle modification, exercise, medication, and surgery. However, these approaches are often impractical or insufficient. Thermal biofeedback, however, alone or in conjunction with other mind-body techniques, improves peripheral circulation, pain, neuropathy, ulcer healing, ambulatory activity, and quality of life. It is noninvasive, inexpensive, and consistent with community-based approaches to diabetes self-management. As an adjunct to the medical management of diabetes, thermal biofeedback may help ameliorate some of the vascular complications. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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