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Conditions That May Interfere with Exercise

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Diabetes and Exercise

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Exercise often has many positive effects on diabetes management, including improved glycemic control, assistance with weight maintenance, increases cardiorespiratory fitness, and general sense of well-being. However, as diabetic patients can also have other conditions that can be invest affected by exercise, such as cardiovascular disease and neuropathy that makes them vulnerable to foot problems and retinopathy, exercise should be carefully monitored by the health provider, especially during the initiation period. Therefore, careful evaluation of patients for complications that may present incremental risks or interfere with the capacity for exercise is an important first step in planning an appropriate exercise program. This chapter will review the currently available guidelines and will provide practical information regarding the implementation of exercise programs in all diabetic patients, including those with conditions that may interfere with exercise and will need additional attention.

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  1. Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Susan Herzlinger Botein

  2. Joslin-Beth Israel Deaconess Foot Center, Microcirculation Laboratory Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Aristidis Veves

  3. Clinical Research Center, Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Edward Horton

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  1. Divisions of General Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO, USA

    Judith G. Regensteiner PhD

  2. Division of Endocrinology Metabolism and Diabetes, Department of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA

    Jane E.B. Reusch MD

  3. Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Kerry J. Stewart EDD

  4. Joslin-Beth Israel Deaconess Foot Center, Microcirculation Laboratory, Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

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Botein, S., Veves, A., Horton, E. (2009). Conditions That May Interfere with Exercise. In: Regensteiner, J.G., Reusch, J.E., Stewart, K.J., Veves, A. (eds) Diabetes and Exercise. Contemporary Diabetes. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-260-1_13

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