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Exercise Effects on Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Quality of Life, Muscle Function in Type 2 Diabetes and Healthy Persons

NCT00852982 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 213

Last updated 2009-03-02

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

A sedentary lifestyle is known to be a risk factor to developing type 2 diabetes. The aim of this study was to determine the effects of adding regular Nordic walking to daily physical activity. Effects on quality of life, cardiovascular risk factors and functions in muscle cells will be determined.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Exercise

Nordic walking, with walking poles, five hours per week during four months

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Juleen Zierath, Professor · Dep. of molecular medicine and surgery, Karolinska Institutet

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
45 Years
Max Age
69 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-04-30
Primary Completion
2009-09-30
Completion
2009-09-30

Countries

  • Sweden

Study Locations

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