Participants performed a combination of warm-up, strengthening, balance, and aerobic exercises at home.

Participants performed moderate-intensity aerobic, resistance, balance, and flexibility exercises, along with education on diabetes self-management. The exercises were designed to be completed at home using minimal equipment or household items

The program included: 5 Strengthening exercises and 12 balance exercises. 30-40 min, 4x/week for 8 weeks.

Balance Exercises:

Knee bends Backwards walking Walking and turning around Sideways walking Tandem stance (heel toe stance) Tandem walk (heel toe walk) One leg stance Heel walking Toe walk Heel toe walking backwards Sit to stand Stair walking

Strength exercises:

Knee extensor Knee flexor Hip adductor Ankle planter flexors (calf raises) Ankle dorsiflexors (toe raises)

The Four Stage Balance Test is a validated measure recommended to evaluate static balance. Four standing positions get progressively harder to maintain.

1. Stand with your feet side-by-side
2. Place the instep of one foot so it is touching the big toe of the other foot.
3. Tandem stance Place one foot in front of the other, heel touching toes
4. Stand on one foot. Reliability 0.66, Sensitivity (60%-67%), Specificity (71%-76%)

This test measures dynamic balance, functional mobility, and gait. The Mini-BESTest, the shortened form of BESTest, contains only 14 different tasks and involves four sub-sections: anticipatory postural adjustments, postural response to external perturbations, sensory orientation, and stability in gait. Two items of Mini-BESTest are assessed bilaterally, but only the lower score was added to the maximum score of 28 points, which results from grading based on a 3-point ordinal scale ranging from 0 (severe balance impairment) to 2 (no balance impairment) (108). Reliability 0.98; Validity 0.65.

FRT is used to evaluate anticipatory balance which correlates with fall risks. This test measures the margin of stability along with the ability to measure balance during a functional task. Reliability 0.89; Sensitivity 76%; Specificity 34%

The FGA has been validated for the assessment of balance in people with vestibular dysfunction, community-dwelling older adults, patients with stroke, and patients with Parkinson disease. The FGA has good reliability (interrater reliability: intraclass correlation coefficient [ICC]=.74; interrater reliability: ICC=.86 to .93) and internal consistency (Cronbach alpha=.79)