Medical Hydrology and Balneology: Environmental Aspects

Hydrogalvanic bath in treatment of patients
with diabetic angiopathy of lower extremities
Badalov NG (1) , Muhina AA (1) , Lvova NV (1) , Articulanova IN (2) , Efendieva MT (1) ,
Truhanov AI (3) , Luferova NB (1) , Uyanaeva A (1) , Tupitsyna Y (1) , Krikorova S (1) ,
Makismova G (4)
(1) Department of Resort Medicine. Center for Medical Rehabilitation and
Balneology. Moscow. Russia
(2) Department of Endocrinology.Center for Medical Rehabilitation and Balneology.
Moscow. Russia
(3) Association Rehabilitation Medicine. Moscow. Russia
(4) Weather bureau of Moscow and Moscow Region. Russia
bng57@yandex.ru
Introduction and Objectives
Problem of diabetis millitius is of high medical and social importance primarily
because of its vascular complications that often cause early invalidisation and
mortality. It's very important to search new possibilities of prevention of such
complication.
Combination of hydrotherapy together with different mode of current may be
very promising by enchancement of therapeutic effect. There is lack of information
about use of this method.
The aim of our study was evaluation of efficiency of hydrogalvanic bath in
treatment of patients with diabetic angiopathy of low extremities.
Materials and Methods
32 patients (23 women and 9 men), mean age 56±2,14 years, with diabetes
millitus with angiopathy of lower extremities were included in the study. Duration
of diabetes was 13±3,22 years.
Patients were divided into two groups: First group received drug therapy and a
course of galvanic baths (n=20) and Control group received drug therapy and tap
water bath where galvanic component was switched off (n=12). Hydrogalvanic
bath was done according to following methodology: galvanic current were applied
from tree pairs of electrodes (positive at hip area, negative at the tibia and foot
level) in tub filled with tap water of 36-370 С temperature for 10-12 min daily
with 8-10 procedures for a course
Students t-test for continuous variables was performed. The difference with р<
0,05 was considered to be statistically significant.
Balnea
2012, núm. 6, 139-140
139
ISBN: 978-84-669-1887-0
978-84-669-3482-4