Validation of a Counseling Strategy to Promote the Adoption and the Maintenance of Physical Activity by Type 2 Diabetic Subjects
Author(s) -
Chiara Di Loreto,
Carmine G. Fanelli,
Paola Lucidi,
Giuseppe Murdolo,
A. De Cicco,
Natascia Parlanti,
Fausto Santeusanio,
Paolo Brunetti,
Pierpaolo De Feo
Publication year - 2003
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/diacare.26.2.404
Subject(s) - medicine , type 2 diabetes , randomized controlled trial , diabetes mellitus , intervention (counseling) , physical therapy , metabolic control analysis , physical activity , metabolic equivalent , endocrinology , nursing
There is enough evidence that physical activity is an effective therapeutic tool in the management of type 2 diabetes. The present study was designed to validate a counseling strategy that could be used by physicians in their daily outpatient practice to promote the adoption and maintenance of physical activity by type 2 diabetic subjects.
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