Code
01D05017
Duration
16 October 2017 → 15 October 2021
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Fellow
Research disciplines
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Medical and health sciences
- Cardiac and vascular medicine
- Orthopaedics
- Physiology
- Cardiac and vascular medicine
- Orthopaedics
- Physiology
- Human movement and sports sciences
- Rehabilitation sciences
- Cardiac and vascular medicine
- Orthopaedics
- Physiology
Keywords
Exercise
Nutrition
Type 2 Diabetes
Vascular function
Project description
The aim of this research project is to investigate the effects of an exercise training intervention (i) combined with a flavanol rich supplement, (ii) combined with nitrate rich supplement, or (iii) combined with a flavanol and nitrate rich diet on peripheral and cerebral vascular function, markers of oxidative stress and inflammation and cognitive functions in patients with diabetes type 2.