Cover Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association
Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association
ISSN:
8750-7315
Online Publication Date:
Jun 2000

Use of electrostimulation in the treatment of diabetic neuroarthropathy

JF Grady Department of Veterans Affairs, Chicago Healthcare System, IL 60453, USA.

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KJ O'Connor Department of Veterans Affairs, Chicago Healthcare System, IL 60453, USA.

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TM Axe Department of Veterans Affairs, Chicago Healthcare System, IL 60453, USA.

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EJ Zager Department of Veterans Affairs, Chicago Healthcare System, IL 60453, USA.

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LM Dennis Department of Veterans Affairs, Chicago Healthcare System, IL 60453, USA.

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LA Brenner Department of Veterans Affairs, Chicago Healthcare System, IL 60453, USA.

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https://doi.org/10.7547/87507315-90-6-287
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Charcot's joint is a difficult and sometimes frustrating condition to treat, for both the patient and the physician. The authors give a brief overview of Charcot's joint and the treatment options available. They discuss the use of bone stimulators and how electrostimulation may be used to help arrest the progression of Charcot's deformity. To the authors' knowledge, the use of electrostimulation for the treatment of Charcot's joint has been described only once in the literature; three patients were evaluated in that study. In the current study, 11 patients were evaluated, with promising results obtained, thus supporting the findings of the previous study.

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