The establishment of a reference standard value for lower-extremity strength in patients with type 2 diabetes to clinically evaluate both the degree of diabetic complications and the effectiveness of exercise therapy

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• Conditions: Type 2 diabetes mellitus

• Registration Number: JPRN-UMIN000002810
• Lead Sponsor: Kansai University of Welfare Sciences

Brief Summary

1) https://www.growkudos.com/publications/10.1111%25252Fjdi.12658/reader 2) http://ptdm.jp/muscle/

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2009-11-30
• Study Completion: 2015-03-31
• Last Update Posted: 17 October 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete: follow-up complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1704

Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

1. Patients who could not adapt to the exercise therapy. 2. Independent walking is impossible. 3. Significant limitations in their activities of daily of living. 4. Severe heart and/or respiratory diseases. 5. Severe liver dysfunction and/or renal failure (serum creatinine over 2.0 mg/dL). 6. Patients having acute and/or chronic orthopedic disease, and who were presently receiving medical treatment. 7. Patients having non-symmetry of bilateral lower-extremity muscular atrophy. 8. Patients having an impairment of the lower-extremities. 9. Patients having severe infectious disease. 10. Patients requiring surgical treatment. 11. Other conditions that resulted in the patients being considered to be ineligible by the researcher.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified