Type 2 Diabetic Patients with Peripheral Neuropathy Type 2 Diabetic Patients with Peripheral Neuropathy Foot care program Balance exercises program Mini-
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention will include the foot care program and exercise program.
The foot care program will include the patient advice and education for a daily foot examination (Howarth,
2019) (Beuscher,
2019) adapted from Diabetes UK 2016.
The exercise program is based on the intervention program used
in the previous study (Allet et al. 2010) (Gu & Dennis,
2017). The intervention will
include the balance and walking exercises (stance on heel/toes,
tandem stance,
one leg stance,
toe walking,
heel walking and tandem walking) and functional strength and endurance exercises (sitting to standing and step-
up) (Allet et al. 2010). The exercise program will take about 40 minutes and 3 times per week over 4 weeks.
Experimental Other
Foot care program and Balance Exercise
Sponsors
None listed
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
40 Years to 70 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1) Patients aged between 40 – 70 years 2) Diagnosis as type 2 diabetes with well-controlled blood glucose based on follow up three times of medical assessments according to medical records 3) Screened with Michigan Neuropathy Screening Instrument (MNSI) and have a MNSI score ≥ 2.5 out of 10 by the researcher (Herman et al. 2012) 4) Diabetic duration of more than 5 years according to the medical record 5) Able to understand the instructions by mini-mental state examination (MMSE ) (Roman de Mettelinge et al., 2013)
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1) Diagnosis as peripheral venous insufficiency, cardiac, renal or hepatic insufficiency, uncontrolled hypertension or myopathic by medical record 2) Diagnosis as central nervous system dysfunction (such as stroke, Parkinson’s disease, and cerebral ataxia) by medical record 3) Foot ulcers by physical examination 4) Fracture of the lower limbs within the 6 months before the study by physical examination 5) Partial or complete blindness by physical examination 6) Severe auditory problems by physical examination (Chatchawan, Eungpinichpong, Plandee, & Yamauchi, 2015) (Marques et al. 2017)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Mini-Balance Evaluation System Test 15-20 minutes Ordinal, For Balance | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| - - - | — |
Countries
Thailand
Contacts
Public ContactKhon Kaen Ethic Comittee
Outcome results
None listed