ArticleNursing research and practice2026
Nurse-Led Foot-Ankle Exercises and Changes in Neuropathy Symptoms and Diabetic Foot Risk Indicators: A Quasiexperimental Study.
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Abstract
Aim: To examine whether a nurse-led foot-ankle flexibility and resistance exercise programme, delivered alongside usual care, was associated with changes in neuropathy symptoms and diabetic-foot risk/self-care indicators among adults with diabetes. Background: Diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) contributes to reduced protective sensation, limited joint mobility and impaired self-care, increasing DFU risk. Low-cost exercise programmes targeting foot-ankle mobility and strength may improve neuropathy-related symptoms and modifiable DFU risk factors, but practice-based evidence in routine nursing settings remains limited. Design: Quasiexperimental, nonrandomized, nonequivalent control-group pre-post study. Methods: Adults with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes attending an outpatient diabetes clinic were recruited by convenience sampling ( Results: At 1 month, neuropathy symptom severity categories differed significantly between groups ( Conclusions: In this practice-based quasiexperimental study, a brief nurse-led foot-ankle flexibility and resistance exercise programme was associated with improved neuropathy symptom categories and more favourable diabetic-foot risk/self-care indicators over 1 month. The findings support feasibility within nursing practice, but causal inference is limited by nonrandom allocation, the use of categorical unadjusted analyses and the use of a study-specific foot-risk/self-care measure. Relevance to Clinical Practice: Nurses can integrate brief foot screening with structured foot-ankle exercise education and demonstration during outpatient diabetes visits as an adjunct to, not a replacement for, standard diabetic-foot surveillance and self-management support.
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