Exercise Capability and Training Effects in Diabetic Patients With Neuropathy

National Taiwan University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Peripheral Neuropathy; Diabetes Mellitus

Treatments: Behavioral: exercise training; Behavioral: usual care

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01760707

9200200769

NSC92-2314-B-002-130

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study was to investigate the effects of training on the exercise capability, balance performance, and microcirculation. Furthermore, to search the possible underlying mechanisms.

Enrollment: 22 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Type 2 diabetes with neuropathy.

Exclusion criteria

• Central nerve system dysfunction, hemiparesis, motion tremor, other musculoskeletal disease that might effect the outcome measurements.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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22 participants in 2 patient groups

Exercise Training

Experimental group

Description:

aerobic exercise training

Treatment:

Behavioral: exercise training

Control

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Behavioral: usual care