The study involved 48 patients with diabetes with evidence of lesions of the musculo-skeletal system-diabetic osteoarthropathy, among which the most common was osteoporosis. In complex therapy for the treatment of these disorders two groups of patients has been applied phototherapy (25 patients) or traditional physiotherapy (23 patients). After treatment noted positive dynamics in both groups, but most quickly and in more cases, these changes were in the group of patients treated with a course

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... f phototherapy. It is proved that the use of photonic matrix of Korobov in the complex treatment of patients with diabetes with evidence of lesions of the musculo-skeletal system is highly effective, safe method and reduces the duration of treatment.