William G. 'Guy' Hornsby, Jr., Ph.D. - West Virginia University
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the physiological and psychological effects of a traditional land-based exercise conditioning program versus an aquatic exercise conditioning program in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Twenty sedentary adult men and women with T2DM have been randomly assigned to either land-based or aquatic exercise for one hour 3 times weekly and will be training for a period 52 weeks. The first subjects were entered in July of 2009. Available findings for the first 3 months of the study will be presented.
