TY - JOUR T1 - Review: exercise improves glycaemic control and reduces plasma triglycerides and visceral adipose tissue in type 2 diabetes JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs SP - 11 LP - 11 DO - 10.1136/ebn.10.1.11 VL - 10 IS - 1 A2 - , Y1 - 2007/01/01 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/10/1/11.abstract N2 - Thomas DE, Elliott EJ, Naughton GA. Exercise for type 2 diabetes mellitus. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2006;(3):CD002968.OpenUrlPubMed Q What are the effects of exercise in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus?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 … ER -