Effects of Proprioceptive Training in Addition to Routine Physical Therapy on Balance and Quality of Life in Patients With Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy

Momna Asghar

Status: Completed

Conditions: Diabetic Neuropathy

Treatments: Other: routine physical therapy; Other: Proprioceptive training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05243589

IRB-UOL-FAHS/823/2021

Details and patient eligibility

About

Objective of the study is to find out the effects of Proprioceptive training in addition to routine physical therapy on balance and quality of life in patients with Diabetic neuropathy.

Alternate Hypothesis:

There will be significant difference in effects of Proprioceptive training in addition to routine physical therapy on balance and Quality of life in patients with Diabetic neuropathy.

Full description

It was a parallel designed single blinded randomized controlled trial conducted in the Green Poly Clinic Bahria town, Lahore, Pakistan using non probability convenient sampling. patients who met eligibility criteria was informed about the aim of study. consent form were signed by all participants.After baseline assessment ,participants were randomly assigned in two groups.(ratio 1:1) The calcualted sample size was 27 in each group. i.e. 54 ( 27 in each group). After adding 20% drop out the final size will become, 64( 32 in each group) using 95% level of significance and 80% power of study.

Enrollment: 64 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 50 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients with pre-diagnosed DM for seven years.
• Male and female patients with type 2 diabetes.
• Patients with ≥2 DPN symptoms.
• Patients scored>2/13 on MNSI questionnaire.

Exclusion criteria

• Participants with Foot ulcers, Orthopedic or surgical problem in a lower limb, other neurological impairment and Major vascular complication,
• Severe vestibular dysfunction
• Participants with Severe retinopathy and Severe nephropathy,
• Inability to walk independently with or without an assistive device,
• Receiving any structured supervised physiotherapy intervention.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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64 participants in 2 patient groups

group A/ routine physical therapy and proprioceptive training

Experimental group

Description:

Routine physical therapy and proprioceptive training is performed

Treatment:

Other: routine physical therapy

Other: Proprioceptive training

Group B/ routine physical therapy

Active Comparator group

Description:

Routine physical therapy

Treatment:

Other: routine physical therapy