Effectiveness of a web-based foot-ankle exercise program for treating ulcer risk factors in diabetic neuropathy in a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT: The need for strategies to prevent complications from diabetic neuropathy (DPN) is well recognized. However, foot-ankle exercise programs show weak to moderate evidence, and barriers to their implementation persist, including broad and facilitated access to exercise programs, which guarantee for equity. In this paper, we report for the first time the effectiveness of a web-based foot-ankle exercise program aiming to improve DPN-related outcomes, gait biomechanics and functional outcomes. Sixty-two participants with DPN were randomly allocated into the control group (CG; n = 31), which received the usual care, or the intervention group (IG; n = 31), which received the usual care plus a 12-week foot-ankle exercise program using a web-based software (the SOPeD software). The primary outcomes,

SUBMITTER: Ferreira JSSP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11549312 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature