The purpose of the study was designed leg resistance training combined with breathing approach, and evaluated its effect on wound healing, blood sugar control and quality of life in type 2 diabetic patients with foot ulcers.
A randomized controlled trial was used. type 2 diabetic patients who suffered from foot ulcers were recruited from one medical center of Northern Taiwan, and randomly assigned into the exercise or control group. The control group received usual care for diabetic foot. The exercise group received usual care and breathing-based leg resistance exercise program for 12 weeks. Outcomes were measured by wound healing area, the fasting of blood glucose, hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), and the World Health Organization quality of life-BREF (WHOQOL-BREF) before the intervention as baseline, and the 4th, 8th and 12th weeks during the intervention period.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
64
The exercise group was provided breathing and leg resistance exercise manuals. The exercise involved 5 minutes of abdominal breathing in a relaxed sitting position, followed by 10 minutes of leg resistance training.
wound healing
wound size(cm2)
Time frame: during 12 weeks the intervention period.
blood sugar control-fasting blood sugar
fasting blood sugar(mg/dl ) using a blood glucose meter
Time frame: during 12 weeks the intervention period.
quality of life measured by the World Health Organization Quality of Life-BREF
Quality of life was measured using the World Health Organization Quality of Life-BREF (WHOQOL-BREF) in the Taiwan version
Time frame: during 12 weeks the intervention period.
blood sugar control-HbA1c
The levels of hemoglobin A1c (%)(HbA1c) were monitored blood sugar in the long term
Time frame: during 12 weeks the intervention period.
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