Participants with Balance impairment of Type 2 diabetic peripheral neuropathy balance impairment of Type 2 diabetic peripheral neuropathy
Conditions
Interventions
Patients with diabetic peripheral neuropathy diagnosed by physical assessment of michigan neuropathy screening score greater than or equal 2.5. After that, balance impairment is assessed by Mini-BESTe
Treatment
Intervention group
Sponsors
Back, Neck and Other Joint Pain and Human Performance
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
40 Years to 70 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Patients aged between 40 to70 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 greater than or equal 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. Balance impairment assessed by Mini-BESTest score less than or equal 20.5, 6. 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 disease, and cerebral ataxia) by medical record, 3. Foot ulcers by physical examination, 4. Contraindications of massage such as fever, recentoperations or acute injuries, skin diseases, varicose veins, undiagnosed pain, inflammation, osteoarthritis according to the medical record by physical examination, 5. Fracture of the lower limbs within the 6 months before the study by physical examination, 6. Partial or complete blindness by physical examination, 7. Severe auditory problems by physical examination (Chatchawan et al., 2015) (Marques et al. 2017)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Mini-BESTest at day 1 and at 1 month Balance score | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| N/A N/A N/A | — |
Countries
Myanmar
Contacts
Public ContactSitt Phyu
Khon Kaen University
Outcome results
None listed