The Effects of Passive Vibration in Patients With Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy

The study involves the following:

- Visit 1:

- Particpant's age, height, gender, and weight will be collected.

- Participant will fill out a questionnaire to assess participant's nerve function. This
process will take approximately 2.5 minutes.

- Investigator will measure participant's balance, sensation, and skin blood flow (SBF).

- After completing the tests, participant will be randomly assigned by the computer to
either the treatment group or control group.

- The treatment group will receive a passive vibration treatment for 15 minutes twice a
week for 4 weeks.

- The control group will not receive any treatment and they will continue their usual
lifestyle.

- Visit 2 through 8:

- The treatment group will receive a passive vibration for 15 minutes followed by SBF
measurement.

- The control group will continue their usual lifestyle.

- In the fifth session, the treatment and control groups will come back for tests.

- Visit 9 (follow-up):

Inclusion Criteria:

- A diagnosis of Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy

- Minimum age 40 years

- Maximum Age 75 years

- Ability to stand for a minimum of five minutes

Exclusion Criteria:

- Neurological Disorders

- Bleeding Disorders

- Leg Ulcers

- Cardiovascular Diseases

- Complete absence of sensation in lower extremities (i.e. 6.65 in monofilament test)

- Self-reported pregnancy