Hornsby WG, Kampert M, Haff GG, Lively MW, Abildso C, Bonner DE, Donley DA. West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV The purpose of this study is to evaluate the physiological and psychological effects of a traditional land-based exercise conditioning program versus an aquatic exercise conditioning program in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Twenty sedentary adult men and women with T2DM have been randomly assigned to either land-based or aquatic exercise for one hour 3 times weekly and will be training for a period 52 weeks. The first subjects were entered in July of 2009. Available findings for the first 3 months of the study will be presented. Dr. Hornsby is Chair of the Diabetes Exercise and Sports Association Board of Directors and past Program Chair of the American Diabetes Association Council on Exercise. He is a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine. Dr. Hornsby is an Associate Professor of Exercise Physiology and Director of the Human Performance Laboratory at the West Virginia University School of Medicine in Morgantown, West Virginia. Dr. Hornsby was instrumental in the founding of a special emphasis area in aquatic therapy at West Virginia University and WVU is recognized as a leader in academic and clinical preparation of aquatic practitioners. WVU has graduated more than 200 exercise physiology students with a special emphasis in aquatic therapy. His research focuses on diabetes and exercise with specific emphases on blood glucose regulation during exercise in type 1 diabetes and health and psychological outcomes of xercise in type 2 diabetes. Dr. Hornsby received his B.S. and M.A.T. degrees from the University of South Carolina and his Ph.D. from Louisiana State University. He was a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Medical University of South Carolina.
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