Wearables May Boost T2D Mobility
Outpatient intervention combined physiotherapist counseling with wrist-worn activity monitoring.
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Kathryn Wighton
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May 11, 2026
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Physiotherapist-guided exercise with wearable feedback improved 6-minute walk distance in type 2 diabetes patients over 6 months.
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The intervention group showed a 39-m gain in walk distance, while the nonintervention group experienced a decline.
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Glycated hemoglobin decreased by 0.89 percentage points in the intervention group compared to the control.
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No significant differences in estimated glomerular filtration rate were observed between the groups during the study.
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The study's limitations include its single-center design, modest sample size, and lack of a control group without wearable feedback.
