Effects of an Exercise Program on Health-Related Physical Fitness in Women with Type 2 Diabetes: An Experimental Study

• Autor(a) principal: Aragão, Ricardo Azevedo Cavalcanti
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Anthony Rodrigues de Vasconcelos, Maria Elizabeth Queiroz Holanda do Nascimento, Jonathan Nícolas dos Santos Ribeiro, Keyla Brandão Costa, Denise Maria Martins Vancea
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista de Educação Física
• Texto Completo: https://revistadeeducacaofisica.emnuvens.com.br/revista/article/view/2809
• topic: aptidão física; exercício físico; diabetes mellitus tipo 2; glicemia; physical fitness; physical exercise; diabetes mellitus; blood glycose

Introduction: Adequate levels of physical fitness provide health benefits and promote the prevention, maintenance, and improvement of functional capacity, including in the diabetic population, avoiding the emergence, or worsening of diabetes complications. Objective: To evaluate the effects of a four-month exercise training program on health-related physical fitness and blood glucose levels in type 2 diabetic women. Methods: Correlation study. Sample was non-probabilistic for convenience. Eight women with DM2 participated, with an average age of 62.8±10.2. The training program consisted of aerobic exercises (dance), flexibility and strength exercises. The intervention lasted four months and the physical fitness components (flexibility, strength, body composition and cardiorespiratory fitness), which were assessed before and after the intervention; blood glucose monitoring was performed before and after each training session. Results: The variables that presented statistically significant results were capillary blood glucose (Pre-intervention = 157.2 ± 29.2 mg/dL vs Post-intervention = 117.1 ± 19.5 mg/dL; p = 0.01) and strength of right upper limb (Pre-intervention =18.2±4.0 kgf vs Post-intervention =18.7±4.1 kgf; p=0.03). There was a significant correlation between hip flexibility (HF) and capillary blood glucose (r=-0.90; p=0.001). Conclusion: The correlation of HF with capillary blood glucose indicates that glycemic control may have attenuated the glycation process, which positively interfered with flexibility levels.