Recruiting for Exercise Study

March 11, 2015

UT Tyler Office of Marketing and Communications

UT Tyler Announces Additional Orientation Date for Exercise Research Study

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March 11, 2015

Media Contact:  Hannah Buchanan
Editor/Writer–Strategic Communications & Media Relations
Marketing and Communications
The University of Texas at Tyler
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March 11, 2015

The University of Texas at Tyler Department of Health and Kinesiology faculty are recruiting male and female neuropathy patients for an exercise research study.

Participants must be 50 years or older and have been diagnosed with neuropathy in their feet/legs or fingers/hands.

Additional orientation sessions are scheduled for 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Saturday, March 21 in the UT Tyler Herrington Patriot Center. Those interested must attend one of the two sessions to be included in the study. Necessary forms will be made available at each meeting.

UT Tyler assistant professor of exercise physiology Dr. Arturio Arce-Esquivel and Dr. Joyce Ballard, well-known exercise physiologist and UT Tyler professor emerita, will lead the study, which involves participation in a Tai Chi exercise class designed specifically for neuropathy patients.

The class will meet for 12 weeks, three times a week for one hour per session and is expected to start sometime in April 2015, Ballard said.

For more information and directions to the HPC, call Ballard, 903.565.5898.

One of the 15 campuses of the UT System, UT Tyler features excellence in teaching, research, artistic performance and community service. More than 80 undergraduate and graduate degrees are available at UT Tyler, which has an enrollment of more than 8,000 high-ability students. UT Tyler offers courses at its campuses in Tyler, Longview and Palestine as well as a location in Houston.