Table 2.
Adverse medical events
| Events | Brisk walking (n = 49) | Medical fitness (n = 43) |
|---|---|---|
| Adverse events related to exercise intervention | 15 | 12 |
| Shoulder pain/chronic tendinopathy of rotator cuff | 0 | 1 |
| (Aggravation of) low back pain | 2 | 2 |
| Aggravation of pre-existing osteoarthritis in hip or knee joint | 6 | 4 |
| Shin splints/lower leg pain | 1 | 0 |
| Chronic tendinopathy of Achilles tendon/plantar fascia | 3 | 1 |
| Other/generalised musculoskeletal discomfort | 3 | 3 |
| Adverse events not related to exercise intervention | 4 | 6 |
| Medical event requiring hospitalisationa | 3 | 3 |
| Other serious medical eventb | 1 | 3 |
| Participants with adverse event resulting in withdrawal | 19 | 17 |
Data are number of participating diabetes patients that experienced an adverse event throughout the 12 months follow-up period
aHospitalisations were related to: arthroscopic knee surgery (brisk walking, n = 1), elective surgery for chronic abdominal aortic aneurysm (brisk walking, n = 1), elective cataract surgery (brisk walking, n = 1), elective knee joint replacement (medical fitness, n = 1), bacterial pneumonia (medical fitness, n = 1), elective varicose veins surgery (medical fitness, n = 1, did not result in withdrawal from study).
bOther serious medical events requiring medical attention were: otitis externa (brisk walking) n = 1, atrial fibrillation (medical fitness) n = 1, newly diagnosed myocardial ischaemia (medical fitness) n = 1, and newly diagnosed carcinoma of the mammary gland (medical fitness) n = 1