《Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice》 ›› 2009, Vol. 15 ›› Issue (06): 593-594.

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Physical Excercise on Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Elderly

ZHANG Qiong, CHEN Yan   

  1. PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China
  • Received:2009-03-11 Published:2009-06-01 Online:2009-06-01

Abstract: It showed that physical therapy is important to the old people with type 2 diabetes mellitus by reviewing literature. The mechanism maybe lose body weight, raise glucose utilization, and reduce complication. Physical therapy is useful to decline the level of blood glucose, relieve complication, and improve quality of life.

Key words: diabetes mellitus, elderly, physical therapy