Plantar Cutaneous Sensory Stimulation in Patients With Diabetic Neuropathy
- Conditions
- Diabetic Neuropathies
- Registration Number
- NCT06292468
- Lead Sponsor
- Riphah International University
- Brief Summary
To determine the effects of plantar cutaneous sensory stimulation on foot tactile sensitivity, postural control, and spatiotemporal gait parameters in patients with diabetic neuropathy.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 50
- Age ranged between 45-67 years.
- Both male and female genders are included.
- DM for the past 7 years.
- Scored > 2/13 on the Michigan Neuropathy Screening Instrument (MNSI) questionnaire including at least two DPN symptoms.
- Scored >1/10 on MNSI physical assessment including impaired vibration perception
- Loss of protective foot sensation (defined as a lack of response to the monofilament of the sensory evaluation instrument).
- Comorbidities include visual impairment, cerebrovascular accident, orthopedic trauma, labyrinthitis, peripheral vascular disease, and heart failure.
- Foot ulcers, orthopedic or surgical problems in a lower limb, other neurological impairment.
- Use of assistive devices for ambulation.
- Inability to walk independently with or without an assistive device.
- Receiving any structured supervised physiotherapy intervention
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Foot tactile sensitivity 6th week Semmes Weinstein monofilaments, Foot tactile sensitivity loss, commonly assessed by monofilaments, is a fall risk factor among older adults. The broadly used threshold of the monofilament for fall risk assessment in older adults is 5.07
Postural control 6th week Brief BESTest is a clinical balance assessment tool. It is an abbreviated version of Balance Evaluation Systems Test (BESTest) designed to assess 6 different aspects contributing to postural control in standing and walking. It consist of 27 tasks, with 36 items in total. Each items is scored based on ordinal scale scoring from 0- 3 where 3 representing best performances and 0 representing worst performances. Scores for the total test is provided as a percentage of total points i.e. 108. In addition, 6 sub-systems scores can be generated separately in percentage of total score each representing a specific balance system
Spatiotemporal gait parameters 6th week By using a stopwatch and measuring tape
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (2)
PhysioFit
🇵🇰Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan
Allied Hospital Faisalabad.
🇵🇰Faisalābad, Punjab, Pakistan
PhysioFit🇵🇰Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan