Breathing-based Leg Resistance Exercise Improves Wound Healing, Blood Sugar and Quality of Life for Diabetic Foot Ulcers

Taipei Veterans General Hospital

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Diabetic Foot; Hyperglycemia; Quality of Life; Wound Healing; Resistance Exercise

Treatments: Behavioral: leg resistance combined with breathing exercise training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05110092

2016-08-006B

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study was designed leg resistance training combined with breathing approach, and evaluated its effect on wound healing, blood sugar control and quality of life in type 2 diabetic patients with foot ulcers.

Full description

A randomized controlled trial was used. type 2 diabetic patients who suffered from foot ulcers were recruited from one medical center of Northern Taiwan, and randomly assigned into the exercise or control group. The control group received usual care for diabetic foot. The exercise group received usual care and breathing-based leg resistance exercise program for 12 weeks. Outcomes were measured by wound healing area, the fasting of blood glucose, hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), and the World Health Organization quality of life-BREF (WHOQOL-BREF) before the intervention as baseline, and the 4th, 8th and 12th weeks during the intervention period.

Enrollment: 64 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• patients 20 years or older
• who were diagnosed with type 2 diabetic foot
• ulcers of Meggitt-Wagner Grade 1-2
• who were conscious and could perform the prescribed exercise.

Exclusion criteria

• peripheral arterial occlusion disease
• osteomyelitis
• inability to perform exercise as assessed by physicians.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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64 participants in 2 patient groups

The exercise group

Experimental group

Description:

The exercise group received usual care and breathing-based leg resistance exercise program for 12 weeks.

Treatment:

Behavioral: leg resistance combined with breathing exercise training

The control groups

No Intervention group

Description:

The control group received usual care