to test the metabolic and clinical effects of a 6-month program of dancing in subjects with type 2 diabetes and/or obesity, chronically cared for in two diabetes/metabolic units. Self-selection of the leisure time activity program was allowed to increase adherence to the physical activity programs.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
100
two-hour dancing session twice a week, led by instructors in a private hall of a disco. Both solo and partner and group dances were performed during each session: an initial one-hour activity, chaired by two instructors who taught new steps and choreographies to patients (both individually and in group), was followed by a second hour, when patients danced in pairs both Latin and standard ballroom music
gym sessions (with the support of sports associations), exercising at home (cycling, stepping) or walking, jogging or cycling outside with/without group support
Unit of Metabolic Diseases and Clinical Dietetics, "Alma Mater Studiorum" University
Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Unit of Endocrinology and Diabetology, General Hospital
Gavardo, Brescia, Italy
5% reduction in BMI or waist circumference
Time frame: 3 months
5% reduction in BMI or waist circumference
Time frame: 6 months
improved physical fitness (physical activity exceeding 10 MET-hour/week
Time frame: 3 months
improved physical fitness (physical activity exceeding 10 MET-hour/week
Time frame: 6 months
0.3% reduction of HbA1c in the presence of diabetes
Time frame: 3 months
0.3% reduction of HbA1c in the presence of diabetes
Time frame: 6 months
10% increase in 6-min walk test
Time frame: 3 months
10% increase in 6-min walk test
Time frame: 6 months
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