4. Alternative treatments for lowering blood glucose in people with diabetic foot ulcers.

Nature of intervention
Exercise	Psychological and behavioural	Dietary
Any exercise intervention that has the primary aim of improving glycaemic control in people with diabetes, where the impact of the intervention on glycaemic control and changes in an active foot ulcer has been documented	Any psychological or behavioural intervention that has the primary aim of improving glycaemic control in people with diabetes, where the impact of the intervention on glycaemic control and the resultant changes in a foot ulcer has been documented	Any dietary or nutritional intervention that has the primary aim of improving glycaemic control in people with diabetes, where the changes in glycaemic control have been correlated with changes in active foot ulcer outcome
Examples
Exercise programmes of any intensity and duration that had the primary aim of improvement in glycaemic control	Frequent checking of blood glucose levels, interventions aimed at good pharmaceutical practice (i.e. improving compliance with medication)	Healthy eating programmes, dietary or nutritional supplements