Study design
This studywasperformedas arandomizedcontrolled trial.The
72 diabetes mellitus patient subjects were randomly assigned
to one of two groups: the intervention group (n ¼ 34) receiving
music media therapy with a lower extremity exercise regimen
and the control group (n ¼ 38) that only received the lower extremity
exercise regimen. Each patient continued to receive
standard treatment and care from their physicians throughout
this study. The primary endpoint categories of this study
included compliance with exercise, peak velocity of dorsal artery
and ankle-brachial index (ABI). Table 1 displays each patient
subjects' characteristics according to their assigned
treatment regimen at allocation: sex, level of education, age,
time since diagnosis, etc. Approval for this study was obtained
from the Fudan University ethics committee and all patients
provided their signed informed consent of participation
Shanghai, China. Exclusion criteria included those who were
unable to walk independently, those who had lower limb pain,
severe arthritis, nervous system and cardiovascular disease,
as well as other complications that limited their physical activity
and cognitive dysfunction.