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Trial reportQuality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation2014

Effect of aerobic exercise on quality of life in population with diabetic peripheral neuropathy in type 2 diabetes: a single blind, randomized controlled trial.

Snehil Dixit, Arun Maiya, Barkur Shastry

Registry-linked trialAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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In one paragraph

Trial report in Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06061237 (Effects of Aerobic Thai Dance on Gait, Balance and Sudomotor Function in Patient With Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy), which is not on this map. Cited by 29 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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29citing papers in PubMed, 6 pooled it
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT06061237 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2022, after this paper: background citation

Effects of Aerobic Thai Dance on Gait, Balance and Sudomotor Function in Patient With Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy

TypeinterventionalSponsorChulalongkorn UniversityRan2022 to 2023Enrolled44ConditionsExercise Addiction, Diabetic NeuropathiesArmsAerobic Thai dance exercise
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 81 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Physical activity and dietary interventions in diabetic neuropathy: a systematic review.Clinical autonomic research : official journal of the Clinical Autonomic Research Society · 2019
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  6. Effect of exercise on the quality of life in type 2 diabetes mellitus: a systematic review.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2017
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  12. Diabetic neuropathy: cutting-edge research and future directions.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2025
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  14. Physical Activity to Reduce Pain Scale in Diabetic Neuropathy Patients: A Scoping Review.Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Snehil DixitDepartment of Physiotherapy, Manipal College of Allied Health Sciences (MCOAHS), Manipal University, 2nd Floor, Manipal, 576104, Karnataka, India, snehildixit83@gmail.com.
Arun Maiya
Barkur Shastry
Manipal Academy of Higher Education · INKasturba Medical College Hospital · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo evaluate the effect of 8-week moderate intensity aerobic (heart-rate reserve 40-60%) exercise on neuropathy quality of life in type 2 diabetes.

methodsA single blind, parallel-group, randomized controlled trial was carried out in a tertiary setting. People with type 2 diabetes were eligible for the study if they had clinical neuropathy which was defined by a minimum score of seven on the Michigan diabetic neuropathy score. Following which, the patients were randomly assigned to an 8-week program by a computer-generated random number tables to intervention or control group. Repeated measure analysis of variance was used for data analysis (p < 0.05 was considered significant).

resultsThere were 47 participants in the control group and 40 participants in the study group after randomization but 37 from the control group and 29 from the intervention group completed the final analysis. The two groups had a significant difference, pre-post intervention in scores of pain (F = 7, p = 0.01), sensory symptoms (F = 4.60, p = 0.04), restricted activities of daily living (F = 4.97, p = 0.03), disruptions in social relationships (F = 5.43, p = 0.02), specific impact on quality of life (F = 9.28, p < 0.001) overall quality of life (F = 28.72, p < 0.001), and total score (F = 31.10, p < 0.001). Degrees of freedom for all the components were 1, 62.

conclusionModerate intensity aerobic exercise is cornerstone in improving the quality of life of individuals with peripheral neuropathy in type 2 diabetes.

Indexed as

Quality of LifeActivities of Daily LivingAdultAgedAnalysis of VarianceDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2Diabetic NeuropathiesExerciseExercise TestFemaleHumansInterpersonal RelationsMaleMiddle AgedPain MeasurementSickness Impact Profile

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PMID24326731
OpenAlexW1977602769

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