Effects of a 7 months rehabilitative exercise training program in 50 type 2 diabetes patients

Schulze A2 , Thiery J3 , Busse M1

General Outpatient Ambulance1, Dental Ambulance of the Institute of Sports Medicine & Prevention, Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Chemistry and Molecular Diagnosis2, University of Leipzig (1Director: Prof. M.W. Busse, MD) (2Director: Prof. J. Thiery, MD)

Summary

Schulze A, Thiery J, Busse M. Effect of a 7 months rehabilitative exercise training program in 50 type 2 diabetic
patients. Clinical Sports Medicine International (CSMI) 2009, 3: 1-4.

Purpose:Overweight and diabetic people mostly do not like to move. A moderate exercise program one or two times a week is more likely to be accepted long term than a frequent and/or high intensity training. So when aiming for a consistent life style change the important question does not concern the effects of vigorous training. This has been the focus of numerous studies. The real core to aim at is the minimum threshold of efficiency, because people do not accept more effort than that.

Keywords: diabetes, rehabilitative training, physical exercise, blood pressure, heart rate, endurance capacity