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BACKGROUND: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is caused by more complications. One complication that often occurs is peripheral vascular disease. An early diagnostic to assess peripheral vascular disease is very important; measurement of the ankle-brachial index (ABI) is one of the non-invasive measures to assess the peripheral vascular disease risk in primary care and to identify the effect of lower extremity joint movement exercises on ABI values in Type 2 DM (T2DM) patients.

AIM: The aimed to determine the effect of lower extremity on Ankle-Brachial Index Value among Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients.

METHODS: The method used was a quasi-experimental pre-and post-test group design without a control group. The sample was 35 T2DM patients using a consecutive sampling technique. The interventions given were lower extremity joint movement exercises which were performed actively once a day, with each movement ten repetitions and for 4 weeks of observation.

RESULTS: There was a significant difference between pre and post the lower extremity joint movement intervention toward the value of the left limb ABI with mean pre 0.93 and post 1.02 (p= 0.00) and the value of the ABI in the right limb ABI with mean pre 0.92 and post 1.01 (p= 0.00) in patients suffering from DM under 10 years. There was a significant difference between pre and post the lower extremity joint movement intervention toward the value of the left limb ABI with mean pre 0.89 and post 1.98 (p= 0.00) and the value of the ABI in the right limb ABI with mean pre 0.88 and post 0.96 (p= 0.00) in patients suffering from DM over 10 years.

CONCLUSION: Joint exercise can …