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Effects of Physical Exercise on Blood Glucose and Pain From the Musculoskeletal System in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Interventions
Behavioral: Exercise training
Registration Number
NCT02366416
Lead Sponsor
Nordsjaellands Hospital
Brief Summary

The aim of this study is to investigate the effects og physical exercise on bloodglucose and pain from the musculoskeletal system in patients with type 2 diabetes.

The patients will be recruited to 12 weeks of exercise twice weekly. The outomes are long term bloodglucose (HbA1c) and pain reported in questionaires. In data analyses the patients will be stratified to patients with a high or a low degree of complications related to diabetes.

Detailed Description

Design: Uncontrolled intervention study Patients: Type 2 diabetes from Nordsjællands Hospital, Denmark Inclusion critera: adults, type 2 diabetes, not participating in an ungoing exercise program, able to conduct exercise training Exclusion criteria: unable to understand Danish, psychiatric disorder, dementia Intervention: two times one hour exercise training for 12 week. The training will be combined aerobic and resistance training supervised by physiotherapists Outcome: bloodglucose, pain (questionaire) Sample size: 80 participants

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
72
Inclusion Criteria
  • Clinical diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes
  • Must be able to perform physical exercise
Exclusion Criteria
  • Participation in structured exercise program within the past three months
  • Dementia
  • Unable to understand Danish language

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Exercise trainingExercise training12 weeks of one hour exercise training twice weekly
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change of bloodglucoseParticipants will be followed for a period of 12 weeks physical exercise

HbA1c

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change of musculoskeletal painParticipants will be followed for a period of 12 weeks physical exercise

Questionaire

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Nordsjællands Hospital

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Hillerød, Denmark

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