Abstract
Introduction: Hyperglycemia is one of the typical symptoms of patients with diabetes mellitus. This systematic review aims to systematically review the research evidence related to the effects of leg exercise on increasing the value of the ankle-brachial index in patients with diabetes mellitus.Methods: This study used a systematic review with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) approach. We identified 85 articles from Scopus, 34 from Pubmed and 401 from ProQuest. The keywords used in the search were "Foot Exercise", "Buerger Allen Exercise" and "Diabetes Mellitus". The inclusion criteria for this study were 1) Interventions with a focus on the Buerger Allen Exercise and 2) papers published in English. The deadline for publication was between 2014 and 2019.Results: After going through the selection process, 8 articles were deemed to be relevant for inclusion in this systematic review. One effort to overcome the interference of lower limb circulation is through physical exercise in the form of leg exercises. The exercises that can be applied are Buerger Allen Exercises.Conclussion: The simplest examination that can be done to detect any interference with lower limb circulation is to measure the value of the Ankle Brachial Index (ABI)
Highlights
Hyperglycemia is one of the typical symptoms of patients with diabetes mellitus
One effort to overcome the interference of lower limb circulation is through physical exercise in the form of leg exercises
The simplest examination that can be done to detect any interference with lower limb circulation is to measure the value of the Ankle Brachial Index (ABI)
Summary
Hyperglycemia is one of the typical symptoms of patients with diabetes mellitus. Hyperglycemia is a condition where there is an elevated level of glucose in the blood that exceeds normal limits This condition is one of the typical signs of diabetes, it may be found in another state (PERKENI, 2015). In 2015, the prevalence of diabetes in the world totals as many as 415 million people. This number is expected to increase in 2040 up to 642 million. Indonesia is one country in Southeast Asia where the prevalence of diabetes in 2015 amounted to 10 million people, ranked 7th in the world (IDF, 2015)
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