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METHODS
Data sources:
Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (Issue 1, 2005), Medline and EMBASE/Excerpta Medica (1966 to March 2005), and reference lists.
Study selection and assessment:
randomised controlled trials (RCTs) that compared aerobic, fitness, or progressive resistance training exercise (for a period ⩾8 wks) with no exercise in patients with type 2 diabetes. Studies were excluded if interventions involved only a recommendation for increasing physical activity, were not directly supervised or well documented, or included a co-intervention in the treatment group that was not applied to the control …
Footnotes
For correspondence: Dr D Thomas, University of Sydney, Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia. dianat{at}chw.edu.au
Sources of funding: Nutricia, Australia and Financial Markets Foundation for Children, Australia.