Patients were randomly assigned to experimental (n = 22) and control (n = 22) groups using an online randomization website (www.randomization.com). Five patients from the control group and four patients from the experimental group were lost to follow up and one patient from experimental group discontinued treatment for personal issues; none of the patients were excluded or left the study for the causes related to the study protocol. The final evaluation was performed with 17 patients in each group. Before testing, all subjects signed an informed consent form approved by the university institutional review board. Personnel performing the measurements and evaluating outcome were blinded to groups’ identities.
The trial is powered to detect an effect size of d ⩾0.70 as statistically significant in a two-tailed test with α = 0.05 and power of 0.95 with N = 16 per condition. As there was the possibility that some patients would not complete the study, we included 22 patients in each group.
Baseline findings including descriptive information such as age, sex, BMI, Toronto score, diabetic history and medication were recorded. In addition, the BBS score, timed up and go (TUG) test and Berg balance scale were measured before and after training by a researcher blinded to the training.
Patients were randomly assigned to experimental (n = 22) and control (n = 22) groups using an online randomization website (www.randomization.com). Five patients from the control group and four patients from the experimental group were lost to follow up and one patient from experimental group discontinued treatment for personal issues; none of the patients were excluded or left the study for the causes related to the study protocol. The final evaluation was performed with 17 patients in each group. Before testing, all subjects signed an informed consent form approved by the university institutional review board. Personnel performing the measurements and evaluating outcome were blinded to groups’ identities.The trial is powered to detect an effect size of d ⩾0.70 as statistically significant in a two-tailed test with α = 0.05 and power of 0.95 with N = 16 per condition. As there was the possibility that some patients would not complete the study, we included 22 patients in each group.Baseline findings including descriptive information such as age, sex, BMI, Toronto score, diabetic history and medication were recorded. In addition, the BBS score, timed up and go (TUG) test and Berg balance scale were measured before and after training by a researcher blinded to the training.
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