People with type 2 diabetes improved muscular strength

Courtesy EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health  Mon, 09/21/2009 - 22:00

(American Physical Therapy Association) Physical therapist-directed exercise counseling combined with fitness center-based exercise training can improve muscular strength and exercise capacity in people with type 2 diabetes, with outcomes similar to those of supervised exercise, according to a randomized clinical trial published in the September issue of Physical Therapy, the scientific journal of the American Physical Therapy Association.


 

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