Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise

The calendar changing from January to February is a good time to reinforce the common New Year's resolution of more exercise for better health. Two articles in this month’s MSSE illustrate that “Exercise is Medicine.”

Manders et al. discuss the role of low-intensity exercise on reducing the prevalence of hyperglycemia in patients with type 2 diabetes. Cowley and colleagues show that fitness predicts functional tasks in individuals with Down syndrome and that improving physical fitness may improve functionality in the tasks of daily living. For those individuals determined to run a marathon this year, beware of air temperature at race time—Dr. William O. Roberts discusses a method for determining a “do not start” temperature.

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