Effectiveness of Buerger Allen’s Exercise on Foot Perfusion Among Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients

Abstract

Diabetic foot is a painful late complication of diabetes mellitus which occurs due to reduced foot perfusion (peripheral vascular disease), which results in maceration and amputation of foot in many cases. Buerger Allen’s Exercise helps to increase foot perfusion and strengthen collateral circulation of foot. This study was aimed to determine the effectiveness of Buerger Allen’s Exercise on foot perfusion among Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus patients in experimental group admitted in medicine ward, K.G.M.U, Lucknow. In this study quasi experimental Non- equivalent control group pre-post test design was applied. Convenience sampling technique was used to assign the 66 type 2 diabetes mellitus patients. The result revealed that pre test mean score and standard deviation of experimental group is 0.79 and 0.18 respectively and post test mean score and standard deviation is 0.93 and 0.14 respectively. Paired ‘t’ test was (2.2158) greater than table value 2.037 of experimental group prove that this is statistically significant at p <0.05. The application of Buerger Allen’s exercise led to significant increases in the foot perfusion in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus patients.