Comment on: van Dijk et al. Exercise Therapy in Type 2 Diabetes: Is Daily Exercise Required to Optimize Glycemic Control? Diabetes Care 2012;35:948-954 | Zendy

Saurabh S. Thosar | Zendy; Janet P. Wallace | Zendy

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Comment on: van Dijk et al. Exercise Therapy in Type 2 Diabetes: Is Daily Exercise Required to Optimize Glycemic Control? Diabetes Care 2012;35:948-954

Author(s) -

Saurabh S. Thosar,

Janet P. Wallace

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

diabetes care

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 6.636

H-Index - 363

eISSN - 1935-5548

pISSN - 0149-5992

DOI - 10.2337/dc12-0879

Subject(s) - medicine , glycemic , diabetes mellitus , type 2 diabetes , physical therapy , physical exercise , exercise therapy , intensive care medicine , endocrinology , randomized controlled trial

We read with great interest the recent article by van Dijk et al. (1) supporting the importance of exercise in the treatment of diabetes. The authors deserve credit for conducting a difficult study on a topic that is of interest to researchers and clinicians alike. We wish to comment on the study design as well as important findings of the study that were overlooked in the manuscript.Authors compared the glucose control between daily exercise (DE) (30 min) to exercise done every other day (EEOD) (60 min). We compliment the authors for controlling …

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