Walking exercise study...

I've emailed them!

http://www.swan.ac.uk/news_centre/La...e,19300,en.asp
Researchers at Swansea University are looking for patients who have recently
been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes to take part in a study to investigate
the beneficial effects of walking exercise.


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Volunteers from the Swansea and south west Wales area will be asked to take
part in a preliminary walking test, before beginning an eight-week
supervised walking training programme.

Following the training, patients will be re-assessed and the results of
responses of several metabolites and hormones will be analysed.

And the team aim to promote drug-free solutions, such as exercise, as a
means of better controlling blood sugar levels in diabetes patients.

The research team who will carry out the work comprises Dr Richard Bracken,
a Lecturer in Exercise Physiology in the Department of Sports Science, and
Professor Stephen Bain and Dr Jeffrey Stephens in the School of Medicine,
who are clinicians at Singleton and Morriston Hospitals respectively.

The research for the controlled study is funded by the Welsh Assembly
Government's Welsh Office for Research and Development for Health and Social
Care (WORD).

The study's leader, Dr Richard Bracken, said: "The results of the research
will help provide a firm understanding of the positive health responses to
walking exercise, which may aid in more refined glucose management
strategies.

"The ultimate aim of this work is to assist the Welsh Office of Research and
Development research strategy of improving the care and treatment of Type 2
diabetes patients."

The Welsh Health Survey 2004-05 states that 5% of the population of Wales
says they have diabetes, and although advised to take regular exercise as
part of a healthy lifestyle, specific exercise recommendations for these
individuals are scarce.

This research study will facilitate a deeper understanding of the
physiological responses in Type 2 diabetes patients to a specific walking
training programme and may aid in a more confident promotion of this form of
exercise by GPs and other health care professionals.