Exercise Study with T2D in Birmingham

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Researchers at the University of Birmingham would like to recruit men with type 2 diabetes to take part in a study looking whether there is any conflict in performing two different exercise modes (i.e. lifting weight and cycling) in one session (termed concurrent training). The aim of this study is to determine the effect of concurrent training on skeletal muscle adaptations and glycaemic control in individuals with type 2 diabetes. Participants will take part in eight weeks of fully supervised exercise training with measurements taken before and after the exercise training.

We are looking for male participants who are 40-65 years of age, with a BMI between 27-40, who have had type 2 diabetes for more than 1 year and are not on insulin medication in the Birmingham area. For more information, please contact me (Dr Jamie Pugh) at J.Pugh@bham.ac.uk or on 0121 414 8956.

This study has been approved by the West Midlands - Black Country Research Ethics Committee (17/WM/0171).
 
Out of curiosity, is there a reason it is only men needed to participate?
 
Greyhound Gal said:
Out of curiosity, is there a reason it is only men needed to participate?
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This is only a small-scale study with a finite amount of funding and therefore at this time we have chosen to recruit males only to remove sex differences that may exist in our main outcome measures. By reducing the between participant variation this then allows us to recruit a small number of participants. However, the data from this study could then be used to develop a large-scale study. I hope this answers your question.
 
Thanks. Makes sense!
 
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