PMID- 23276801 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20130624 LR - 20220310 IS - 1532-821X (Electronic) IS - 0003-9993 (Print) IS - 0003-9993 (Linking) VI - 94 IP - 5 DP - 2013 May TI - Weight-bearing versus nonweight-bearing exercise for persons with diabetes and peripheral neuropathy: a randomized controlled trial. PG - 829-38 LID - S0003-9993(12)01284-1 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.apmr.2012.12.015 [doi] AB - OBJECTIVE: To determine the effects of weight-bearing (WB) versus nonweight-bearing (NWB) exercise for persons with diabetes mellitus (DM) and peripheral neuropathy (PN). DESIGN: Randomized controlled trial with evaluations at baseline and after intervention. SETTING: University-based physical therapy research clinic. PARTICIPANTS: Participants with DM and PN (N=29) (mean age +/- SD, 64.5+/-12.5y; mean body mass index [kg/m(2)] +/- SD, 35.5+/-7.3) were randomly assigned to WB (n=15) and NWB (n=14) exercise groups. All participants (100%) completed the intervention and follow-up evaluations. INTERVENTIONS: Group-specific progressive balance, flexibility, strengthening, and aerobic exercise conducted sitting or lying (NWB) or standing and walking (WB) occurred 3 times a week for 12 weeks. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Measures included the 6-minute walk distance (6MWD) and daily step counts. Secondary outcome measures represented domains across the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health. RESULTS: The WB group showed greater gains than the NWB group over time on the 6MWD and average daily step count (P<.05). The mean and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) between-group difference over time was 29m (95% CI, 6-51) for the 6MWD and 1178 (95% CI, 150-2205) steps for the average daily step count. The NWB group showed greater improvements than the WB group over time in hemoglobin A1c values (P<.05). CONCLUSIONS: The results of this study indicate the ability of this population with chronic disease to increase 6MWD and daily step count with a WB exercise program compared with an NWB exercise program. CI - Copyright (c) 2013 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Mueller, Michael J AU - Mueller MJ AD - Program in Physical Therapy and Department of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA. muellerm@wustl.edu FAU - Tuttle, Lori J AU - Tuttle LJ FAU - Lemaster, Joseph W AU - Lemaster JW FAU - Strube, Michael J AU - Strube MJ FAU - McGill, Janet B AU - McGill JB FAU - Hastings, Mary K AU - Hastings MK FAU - Sinacore, David R AU - Sinacore DR LA - eng GR - R24HD650837/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States GR - R24 HD050837/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States GR - T32HD007434-17/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States GR - UL1 RR024992/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/United States GR - T32 HD007434/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States GR - 5 P60 DK20579/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - UL1 TR000448/TR/NCATS NIH HHS/United States GR - P60 DK020579/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - R21 HD058938/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States GR - P30 DK020579/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States PT - Comparative Study PT - Journal Article PT - Randomized Controlled Trial PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20121228 PL - United States TA - Arch Phys Med Rehabil JT - Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation JID - 2985158R SB - IM MH - Aged MH - Analysis of Variance MH - Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/*complications/physiopathology MH - Diabetic Foot/*etiology/prevention & control MH - Diabetic Neuropathies/complications/physiopathology/*rehabilitation MH - Exercise Test MH - Female MH - Foot/physiopathology MH - Humans MH - Hypesthesia/etiology/physiopathology MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - *Mobility Limitation MH - *Resistance Training/adverse effects MH - Walking/*physiology MH - Weight-Bearing PMC - PMC3637853 MID - NIHMS447744 COIS- No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit on the authors or on any organization with which the authors are associated. EDAT- 2013/01/02 06:00 MHDA- 2013/06/26 06:00 PMCR- 2014/05/01 CRDT- 2013/01/02 06:00 PHST- 2012/08/07 00:00 [received] PHST- 2012/11/19 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2012/12/20 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2013/01/02 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/01/02 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/06/26 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2014/05/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0003-9993(12)01284-1 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.apmr.2012.12.015 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2013 May;94(5):829-38. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2012.12.015. Epub 2012 Dec 28.