Home workouts may boost mobility in diabetic foot ulcer survivors
NCT ID NCT06312579
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Aug 18, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study looks at whether a simple home exercise routine can help veterans who have recently healed from a diabetic foot ulcer. The goal is to improve their ability to walk and move safely without causing the ulcer to come back. The study involves 26 adults aged 50 and older with diabetes and a history of foot ulcers.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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26 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Oct 2024
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2027
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- Lead sponsor
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A government agency
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Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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50 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * Adults \>= 50 years * Diagnosis of diabetes * Prior plantar foot ulcer or moderate-severe diabetic foot infection or minor lower extremity amputation. * Two feet (can have healed minor amputations of fore and midfoot) * Willing to wear appropriately fitted footwear for exercise regimen * Ambulatory without walker * Willing to enroll in the PODIMETRICS SmartMat program * Able to give written informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Unable to perform the exercise interventions (e.g. due to hearing or visual impairment) * Anticipated foot surgery in the next 4 months * Participating in another exercise program * Current plantar foot ulcer or pre-ulcer * Any other criteria which, in the investigator's opinion, would compromise the ability of a subject to participate safely
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Baltimore VA Medical Center VA Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore, MD
Baltimore, Maryland, 21201, United States
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