Table 6.
Ulcer‐related data
| Exercise | Control | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline | 3 months | 6 months | 12 months | Baseline | 3 months | 6 months | 12 months | |
| Median (range) ulcer size | ||||||||
| Length (cm) | 2·6 (1·2–13·5) | 0 (0–5) | NA | 0 (0–5·5) | 2·8 (1·2–11·8) | 1·3 (0–10·2) | NA | 0 (0–14) |
| Width (cm) | 1·9 (0·9–10·1) | 0 (0–6·5) | NA | 0 (0–3·4) | 1·9 (1·1–6·5) | 1 (0–7·7) | NA | 0 (0–10·5) |
| Area (cm2) | 4·9 (1·9–136·4) | 0 (0–26) | NA | 0 (0–18·7) | 5·7 (1·3–56·6) | 1·5 (0–78·5) | NA | 0 (0–147) |
| Whether healed, n (%) | 9/17 (53) | 11/17 (65) | 14/17 (83) | 3/21 (14) | 8/20 (40) | 12/20 (60) | ||
| Median (range) time of ulcer healing (weeks) | 13 (3·9–52) | 34·7 (4·3–52) | ||||||
| Reoccurrence of ulcer, n (%) | 0/17 (0) | 1/17 (6) | 2/17 (12) | 0/20 (0) | 2/17 (12) | 1/19 (5) | ||
NA, not available.