Home Exercise to Enhance Mobility for Older Diabetics

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Conditions studied: Diabetes Mellitus Type 2

In brief

The goal of the proposed research is to test whether a long-term exercise program in sedentary Veterans with diabetes will produce sustained improvement in mobility performance and physical activity. In this proposed research, 240 sedentary older adult diabetics (aged 60 and over) will be randomly allocated into a customized, primarily home-based, functionally-oriented exercise program with nurse support intervention (I) group versus a flexibility and toning, health education control (C) group, and test outcomes in functional mobility and physical activity at 4 weeks, 6 months and one year. This research can lead to an exercise/PA enhancement program that can coordinate with VA outreach programs, targeting older Veterans who are not in the immediate vicinity of a major VA site. Ultimately, this should create a model to which physicians and other providers could refer comorbid diabetes patients.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01308008

Run by

VA Office of Research and Development

People needed

144

Starts

2011-11-01

Expected to finish

2017-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2018-11-08

Who can join

Age: 60 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Sedentary
• Type 2 Diabetes
• No medical contraindications to exercise

You may not qualify if…

• Enrolled in intensive exercise program
• Unable to cooperate with protocol (e.g. cognitive impairment)

Where it is running

• VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI — Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

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