Effect of low frequency magnetic field on blood flow in diabetic patients

ABSTRACT

Diabetes is a major worldwide health problem. The vast majority of morbidity and mortality are associated with the long term vascular complications particularly cardiovascular disease, which is the commonest cause of death in diabetic patients. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of low frequency pulsed magnetic field therapy on blood flow [microcirculation] in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. This study performed on twenty subjects [NIDDM]. Their age ranged from 35-55 years of both sex. Each patient suffered from diabetes mellitus for at least two years. All patients underwent detailed clinical examination. All patients under medical control by using optimal dose of oral hypoglycemic agents. Twenty patients were assigned randomly into 2 groups, patients in the magnet on group [n=10] received low frequency pulsed magnetic field in addition to anti diabetic drugs, where as the patients in the magnet off group [n=10] received anti diabetic and vasodilator drugs. The following parameters including [mean blood perfusion, maximum blood perfusion, minimum blood perfusion, heart rate, respiratory rate and blood pressure] were measured before and after 3 months of treatment and all subjects have normal ankle/brachial pressure index [ABPI]. Patients suffered from unstable cardiovascular conditions, smokers were excluded from the study. The results showed significant improvement in all parameters in magnet on group compared with magnet off group. Also the result revealed a statistical significant difference among the changes of both groups. It was concluded that Low Frequency Magnetic Field is effective as a therapeutic method for improvement of microcirculation in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus