Clinical trial NCT06245252: Passive Stretching Versus Electrical Stimulation on Glucose Level, in Elderly With Type II Diabetes
Official title: Comparison of Passive Stretching Versus Electrical Stimulation on Glucose Level, Functional Mobility and Perceived-fatigue in Elderly With Type II Diabetes
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Type II Diabetes
Keywords: blood glucose
electrical stimulation
lower extremities
passive stretching
exercise
Lead sponsor: Badr University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-02-07
Enrollment: 60
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 60
Maximum age (years): 75
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: Sixty elderly diabetics (type II) their age ranged from 60-75 years had been divided into two equal groups; group (A) treated by 40-minute passive stretching exercises, while the group (B) treated by 30 minutes electrical stimulation three times per week for 12 weeks. Blood glucose level,Time up and go test (TUG) and Fatigue severity scale were done before and after 12 weeks of the study.Conclusion: Both electrical stimulation and passive stretching are effective to lowering blood glucose level and can be proposed for those people restricted to perform exercise.

Detailed description: Background: Physical exercise is one of the bases for controlling and treatment type 2 diabetes mellitus. But not all diabetic elderly is able to perform physical exercise because of their physical limitation condition. The approach for those people in this study is electrical stimulation and passive stretching. Purpose: The aim of this study is to compare the effect of passive stretching and electrical stimulation on blood glucose level, functional mobility and Perceived-Fatigue in diabetic elderly. Methods: Sixty elderly diabetics (type II) their age ranged from 60-75 years had been divided into two equal groups; group (A) treated by 40-minute passive stretching exercises, while the group (B) treated by 30 minutes electrical stimulation three times per week for 12 weeks. Blood glucose level,Time up and go test (TUG) and Fatigue severity scale were done before and after 12 weeks of the study.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* HbA1c value between 6.5% -8.5%,
* age ranged from 60-75 years patients have
* body mass index (BMI) from 25 to 29.9 kg/m2,
* duration of diabetes ranged from 5-7 years. They were
* on oral hypoglycemic medications at the same dose.
* All patients were clinically and medically stable when attending the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

* unstable cardiovascular,
* chest problems
* other types of diabetes
* on insulin therapy
* chronic renal failure and
* iron deficient anemia and
* musculoskeletal disorders which may affect their physical ability to do the exercises.

Primary outcomes:
measure: an HbA1c .
timeFrame: at baseline and after three month
measure: fasting blood glucose levels
timeFrame: at baseline and after three month
Secondary outcomes:
measure: time of up and go test
timeFrame: at baseline and after three month
measure: score of fatigue severity scale
timeFrame: at baseline and after three month
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Cairo
country: Egypt
facility: Badr university
city: Cairo
country: Egypt
facility: Mona Mohamed Abdelkhalek
Study officials:
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