This study investigates the effects of home-based resistance exercise training, compared to a control group, on body composition, muscle strength and glycaemic control in people with type 2 diabetes. Half participants will be in the home-based exercise group and half in the control group.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
126
Resistance exercise carried out unsupervised at home
Dasman Diabetes Institute
Kuwait City, Kuwait
Glycated Haemoglobin concentration (mmol/mol)
Glycated haemaglobin
Time frame: Change from baseline to 32 weeks
Fat-free mass
Whole body fat free mass
Time frame: Change from baseline to 32 weeks
Short performance physical battery test
Short performance physical battery test (0 (worst performance) to 12 (best performance))
Time frame: Change from baseline to 32 weeks
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