Effects of Monochromatic Infrared Light on Painful Diabetic Polyneuropathy: Randomized Controlled Trial.

Purpose: To evaluate the effect of 890 nm Monochromatic Infrared Light (MIR) associated with a physical therapy protocol on pain in individuals with diabetic Distal Symmetric Polyneuropathy.

Methods: Randomized, parallel, double-blind controlled trial conducted with individuals randomly allocated into two groups: an experimental group (EG) with the application of 890 nm MIR associated with physical therapy and a control group that received the same treatment protocol without MIR application. Both groups underwent 18 treatment sessions and were followed up for 10 weeks.

Factors associated with changes in plantar pressure of people with peripheral diabetic neuropathy.

Abstract: Diabetic neuropathy is one of the main complications of Diabetes Mellitus, which can lead to loss of protective sensation, motor, and plantar pressure alteration, generating deformities, abnormal gait and mechanical trauma to the feet.

Objective: to evaluate the distribution of plantar pressure, sensorimotor changes, balance and associated factors to plantar pressure changes in people with peripheral diabetic neuropathy.

Method: Cross-sectional study conducted with individuals registered in the primary public health service of a city in the east of São Paulo - Brazil.

Evaluation of the use of therapeutic footwear in people with diabetes mellitus - a scoping review.

Unlabelled: Foot ulcers are one of the major complications of Diabetes Mellitus and are associated with increasing rates of morbidity and mortality. It is estimated that 2% of diabetic patients present lesions in the feet, with relapse rates between 30% and 40% in the first year after healing of the first ulcerations. Therapeutic footwear is one of the main strategies to prevent foot ulceration.

The impact of diabetes mellitus on quality of life - differences between genders.

Objective: To determine whether there are gender differences in the impact of the disease in the quality of life of individuals with Diabetes Mellitus type 2.

Methods: The sample consisted of 192 individuals distributed in equal numbers by gender. Data were collected between the months of August 2013 to May 2014, by sociodemographic and clinical questionnaires and instruments for assessing quality of life (PAID) and adherence to treatment.