The Effectiveness of a Home-Based Resistance Exercise Training Program With Rubber Bands for Glycemic Control in Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Prince of Songkla University1 site in 1 country60 target enrollmentFebruary 2007

ConditionsType 2 Diabetes

Overview

Phase: Phase 2
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: Type 2 Diabetes
Sponsor: Prince of Songkla University
Enrollment: 60
Locations: 1
Primary Endpoint: HbA1c
Status: Completed
Last Updated: 14 years ago

Overview Investigators Eligibility Criteria Outcomes Sites Similar Trials

Overview

Brief Summary

Resistance exercise is effective in improving glycemic control in diabetes patients. The effectiveness of a home-based resistance exercise program has not been establish.

Detailed Description

Exercise play an important role in diabetes control. The American Diabetes Association (ADA) approved of resistive exercise as an effective method in controlling blood sugar of type 2 diabetes patients. Few community-based intervention has been establish. So the authors developed the low-cost community based resistance exercise program to promote exercise in of type 2 diabetes patients.

Registry

clinicaltrials.gov

Start Date

February 2007

End Date

April 2011

Last Updated

14 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Study Design

Parallel

Sex

All

Investigators

Sponsor

Prince of Songkla University

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

•Type 2 diabetes was diagnosed by physician using fasting plasma glucose not less than 126 mg/dl and/or HbA1c not less than 7 %.
•Type 2 diabetes was diagnosed at least 6 months previously.
•The subject was ongoing treatment in primary care unit of prince of Songkla University.

Exclusion Criteria

•Gestational diabetes and type 1 diabetes patients
•History of cardiovascular disease within the pass 6 months or any unstable chronic condition including dementia, proliferative diabetic retinopathy, retinal hemorrhage or detachment, dialysis and diabetic foot patients.