Effect of lower body positive pressure aerobic training on fall risk in patients with diabetic polyneuropathy: randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Retarded task-oriented gait, balance performance and increased fall risk are among the most debilitating problems in patients with diabetic polyneuropathy (DPN). The lower body positive pressure (LBPP) training was recently introduced in the field of rehabilitation, but evaluating the effects of the LBPP on gait, balance and fall risk in patients with DPN has not been thoroughly investigated.

Aim

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of LBPP treadmill training program on task-oriented gait, balance performance and fall risk in patients with DPN.

Design

Single-blinded, randomized-controlled trial.

Setting

Rehabilitative outpatient unit.

Population

Sixty-two patients with DPN were randomly assigned into 5-groups; group-A (100% weight-

SUBMITTER: Abdelaal AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9980519 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature