[Intersensory correlations in diabetic neuropathy during adaptation to intervalic normobaric hypoxia].

The state of vibration sensitivity and of gustatory perception as well as the influence of interval hypoxic training on these indices were estimated in 21 patients with insulin-independent diabetes mellitus (IIDM) without neuropathic manifestations, in 21 analogous patients with neuropathic manifestations and in 16 individuals with neuropathies of nondiabetic genesis. The improvement of indices studied was observed in patients with neuropathies. Interval hypoxic training may be recommended for the treatment of distal neuropathies including the patients with IIDM in the state of compensation.