Programa de ejercicios para mejorar la biomecánica de la marcha en pacientes con neuropatía periférica diabética

Abstract

Diabetic peripheral neuropathy is one of the long-term complications of diabetes caused by dysfunction of the peripheral motor and sensory nerves because the sequelae of the disease can damage the biomechanics of gait. Therefore, the objective was to determine the effect of an exercise program to improve the biomechanics of gait in patients with diabetic peripheral neuropathy. The methodology used was a quantitative approach of analytical intervention since it has more than two variables, prospective and longitudinal. The intervention lasted 8 weeks with an initial and final evaluation. The population consisted of 17 patients. The intervention consisted of lower limb exercises and gait re-education. The results obtained with the Observational Gait Analysis test, in the different variables do not show significant changes, also in the characteristics of the march, the speed of the march, the cadence and stride were measured, where significant favorable changes were seen in the cade nce, where shows a value of p= >0.000 this in comparison of the initial and final evaluation. It was concluded that the exercises can help improve the biomechanics of gait in older adults with diabetic neuropathy by reducing the time between strides, cadence and gait speed, thus improving the quality of life.