Pre-Program and Post-Program Requirements |
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Before participation you are required to:
- Have an exercise stress, if one was not performed within the last 2 years
- Get a dilated eye examination
- Pass an exercise capacity test called 6-minutes walk test (performed at Joslin by the program’s exercise physiologist)
The following tests will be done before and after the program:
- Fasting body composition using the bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) technique to evaluate your percentage body fat and fat free mass
- Full metabolic evaluations
- Extra blood test to evaluate markers of inflammation, coagulation and vascular health
- Evaluations of quality of life by answering several questions.
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