Resistance exercise is effective in improving glycemic control in diabetes patients. The effectiveness of a home-based resistance exercise program has not been establish.
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.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
60
Resistive exercise consist of 5-min warm up, at least 30 min resistive exercise using rubber band as recommendation (8-12 times per set, at least 3 sets per day and at least 3 days per week) and 5-min cool down
Prince of Songkla University
Hat Yai, Changwat Songkhla, Thailand
HbA1c
Time frame: 3 months
compliance of home-based resistive exercise training
The home visit and telephone call was done to follow up the compliance of home-based resistive exercise training during 3 years.
Time frame: 3 years
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