Non-weight bearing exercise in people with diabetes and foot complications

INTERVENTION: Intervention group will be undertaking non‐weight‐bearing exercise three times a week over 20 weeks. The exercise will include resistance training and cardiovascular activities, however these will be undertaken without plantar foot pressure occuring. CONDITION: Diabetic foot ulcers PRIMARY OUTCOME: Wound healing rate SECONDARY OUTCOME: HbA1c, body mass index Quality of life Wound substrate changes INCLUSION CRITERIA: All attending the Austin Health’s High Risk Foot Clinic (HRFC) with a chronic (> six weeks) foot ulcer and diabetes that are physically capable of undertaking exercise, as decided by local medical officer, endocrinologist and/or research exercise physiologist.