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Differential Air Pressure Technology for Treatment of Diabetic Elderly Patients

NCT04620265 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 110

Last updated 2020-11-06

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Aging can be defined as sequential deterioration that occurs in elderly people including weakness, loss of mobility, decline of physical capabilities, increase susceptibility to disease and many other age-related physiological changes .The beginning of old age in most developed countries is about 60 or 65 years old. Diabetes mellitus (DM) and most commonly type 2 DM is one of the most common chronic non-communicable diseases affecting old people in Saudi Arabia which might be resulted from decline in physical activities. Polyneuropathy (PN) and its serious consequences represent the most common complication in diabetic mellitus which could contribute to an increased gait abnormality and risk of falling.

Conditions

  • Diabetic Polyneuropathy

Interventions

OTHER

Antigravity treadmill training 100% weight bearing

This group received antigravity treadmill training 100% weight bearing and conventional exercise program.

OTHER

Antigravity treadmill training 75% weight bearing

This group received antigravity treadmill training 75% weight bearing and conventional exercise program.

OTHER

Antigravity treadmill training 50% weight bearing

This group received antigravity treadmill training 50% weight bearing and conventional exercise program.

OTHER

Antigravity treadmill training 25% weight bearing

This group received antigravity treadmill training 25% weight bearing and conventional exercise program.

OTHER

The conventional exercise program

This group received the conventional exercise program only.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Umm Al-Qura University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Shamekh M El-Shamy, Ph.D. · Professor

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-03-01
Primary Completion
2020-10-01
Completion
2020-10-01

Countries

  • Saudi Arabia

Study Locations

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