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Effect of biofeedback-assisted relaxation training on foot ulcer healing
B Rice1, A J Kalker, J V Schindler
1Department of Endocrinology, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, USA.
Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association
|March 27, 2001
Abstract:
A prospective, randomized study was conducted to determine the effect of biofeedback-assisted relaxation training on foot ulcer healing. For patients with chronic nonhealing foot ulcers, medical care was combined with a standardized biofeedback-assisted relaxation training program in the experimental group. The intervention was designed to increase peripheral perfusion, thereby promoting healing. A total of 32 patients with chronic nonhealing ulcers participated in the study. In the experimental group, 14 out of 16 ulcers (87.5%) healed, as compared with 7 out of 16 ulcers (43.8%) in the control group.