Health impacts of seated arm ergometry training in patients with a diabetic foot ulcer: protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Once diagnosed with a diabetic foot ulcer (DFU), patients are advised to offload, keeping pressure off the foot in order to facilitate ulcer healing. An increase in offloading is often accompanied by reductions in physical activity which can worsen the overall health of patients.While unable to perform traditional forms of upright activity, one mode of exercise that would allow patients to be physically active while adhering to offloading instruction is seated arm ergometry. The merits of tailored aerobic exercise in DFU remain unexplored.

Methods and analysis

This is a prospective open-label randomised controlled trial. Participants will be randomised to one of two groups, an exercise intervention group or control. The intervention group are required to underta

SUBMITTER: McCarthy M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7311002 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature