Physical activity centre VŠTJ MEDICINA Prague – rehabilitation for diabetics
Authors:
P. Fábin 1,3; M. Matoulek 2,3
Authors place of work:
Ústav tělovýchovného lékařství 1. lékařské fakulty UK a VFN Praha, přednosta doc. MUDr. Zdeněk Vilikus, CSc.
1; III. interní klinika 1. lékařské fakulty UK a VFN Praha, přednosta prof. MUDr. Štěpán Svačina, DrSc., MBA
2; VŠTJ MEDICINA Praha
3
Published in the journal:
Vnitř Lék 2007; 53(5): 563-565
Category:
Summary
Physical activity is the basic non-pharmacological instrument in the treatment of type 2 diabetes. Nevertheless, only a small number of diabetics take regular physical exercise. One of the reasons why diabetics ”do not exercise” is that they have little opportunity to try physical stress under expert supervision and to get to know its effects on, for example, sugar levels. It is a very complex matter to define the optimal intensity of physical activity of, for example, a diabetic who suffers from obesity. In 2001 VŠTJ MEDICINA Prague opened its first physical activity centre at the First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, in cooperation with the Third Internal Clinic and the Institute of Sports Medicine of the First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague. It now has over 2 000 members, of whom around 60 % are patients with metabolic syndrome. Over 150 patients exercise every day under the supervision of expert instructors. The main objective of the Physical Activity Centre is to teach patients the correct principles of physical exercise to enable them to continue carrying out their trainers' instructions at home. A correct understanding of the importance of physical exercise and practical experience under the supervision of experienced instructors improves compliance and has a strong effect on the compensation of diabetes, thereby improving the prognoses of these patients.
Key words:
physical activity – type 2 diabetes mellitus – physical activity centre – compliance
Štítky
Diabetology Endocrinology Internal medicineČlánok vyšiel v časopise
Internal Medicine
2007 Číslo 5
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