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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Horm Metab Res 2022; 54(09): 583-586
DOI: 10.1055/a-1892-6489
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The Potential of Electrical Stimulation and Smart Textiles for Patients with Diabetes Mellitus

Babette Engler
1   Department of Medicine III, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany
,
Sergey Tselmin
2   Lipidology and Center for Extracorporeal Therapy, Department of Medicine III, Technical University Dresden, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany
,
Doreen Ziehl
1   Department of Medicine III, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany
,
Ingo Weigmann
1   Department of Medicine III, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany
,
Andreas Birkenfeld
1   Department of Medicine III, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany
3   Medical Clinic IV, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
,
Stefan R. Bornstein
4   Department of Medicine, Carl Gustav Carus, University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany
5   Division of Diabetes & Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
6   Klinik für Endokrinologie, Diabetologie und Klinische Ernährung, University Hospital Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
,
Andreas Barthel
1   Department of Medicine III, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany
7   Medicover, Bochum, Medicover, Bochum, Bochum, Germany
,
Tina Drechsel
8   Department of Human Locomotion, Faculty of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Institute of Human Movement Science and Health, Chemnitz University of Technology, Chemnitz, Germany
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8   Department of Human Locomotion, Faculty of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Institute of Human Movement Science and Health, Chemnitz University of Technology, Chemnitz, Germany
,
Thomas Milani
8   Department of Human Locomotion, Faculty of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Institute of Human Movement Science and Health, Chemnitz University of Technology, Chemnitz, Germany
,
Nikolaos Perakakis
1   Department of Medicine III, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany
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Abstract

Diabetes mellitus is one of the most frequent diseases in the general population. Electrical stimulation is a treatment modality based on the transmission of electrical pulses into the body that has been widely used for improving wound healing and for managing acute and chronic pain. Here, we discuss recent advancements in electroceuticals and haptic/smart devices for quality of life and present in which patients and how electrical stimulation may prove to be useful for the treatment of diabetes-related complications.



Publication History

Received: 06 May 2022

Accepted after revision: 09 June 2022

Accepted Manuscript online:
06 July 2022

Article published online:
07 September 2022

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