Brisk walking compared with an individualised medical fitness programme for patients with type 2 diabetes: a randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Aims/hypothesis

Structured exercise is considered a cornerstone in type 2 diabetes treatment. However, adherence to combined resistance and endurance type exercise or medical fitness intervention programmes is generally poor. Group-based brisk walking may represent an attractive alternative, but its long-term efficacy as compared with an individualised approach such as medical fitness intervention programmes is unknown. We compared the clinical benefits of a 12-month exercise intervention programme consisting of either brisk walking or a medical fitness programme in type 2 diabetes patients.

Methods

We randomised 92 type 2 diabetes patients (60 +/- 9 years old) to either three times a week of 60 min brisk walking (n = 49) or medical fitness programme (n = 43). Primary outcom

SUBMITTER: Praet SF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2292420 | biostudies-literature | 2008 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature