Effect of leg and foot exercises on diabetic foot ulcers
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Diabetic foot ulcers
- Registration Number
- SLCTR/2013/017
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity of Sri Jayawardenapura Gangodawila, Nugegoda
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete: follow up complete
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 140
Inclusion Criteria
1.Wound size not less than 2.5cm
2.Wagner scale 2 & 3 wounds (scale 2 = ulcers extending into tendon, bone, or capsule and scale 3 =deep ulcer with osteomyelitis, or abscess)
3. Duration of ulcer more than one week but not more than 6 months
4. HbA1c level less than 7.5%
Exclusion Criteria
1. Patients with critical limb ischemia who require revascularization or leg amputation
2. Chronic and severe wounds that have existed for more than 6 months
3. Patients who are on steroid therapy
4. Patients with cognitive impairment
5. Patients with severe lower limb immobility
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Wound healing (wound depth and surface area to be calculated and compared using computer software<br>2. Wound size <br>3. Ulcer healing time <br> [At baseline and every 4 weeks for 12 weeks, and at 12 weeks from the conclusion of the intervention]<br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method one [None]<br>