Journal of Exercise & Organ Cross Talk
Journal of Eexercise & Organ Cross Talk

Comparison of different intensities of resistance training on glucose, insulin, adiponectin, and HbA1C levels in male patients with type 2 diabetes

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Saeed Abedinzadeh 1
Mohammad Masomi 1
Hamid Abbasi 1
Reza Sharifatpour 2

1 Department of Sports Sciences, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran.

2 PhD in Sport Injury and Corrective Exercise, Department of Sports Sciences, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran.

https://doi.org/10.22122/jeoct.2025.499711.1139
Abstract
The purpose of this research is to determine the effect of different methods of resistance training on diabetes in men with type 2 diabetes. This is a semi-experimental and practical study. Forty-four subjects with type 2 diabetes, randomly divided to 4 groups. The three experimental groups of 11, 11, and 12 people and a control group of 10 people, were performed the pre-test and post-test of after 12 weeks of training intervention under high intensity, moderate intensity and low intensity programs. The research variables were glucose, insulin, adiponectin, insulin resistance and glycated hemoglobin. ELISA kit was used to test adiponectin. For analyzing the data, one-way ANOVA statistical test of gain scores and LSD post hoc test was used. All tree Exercise protocols had a positive effect and caused a significant decrease in glucose (P>0.001), insulin (P>0.001), insulin resistance (P>0.001), adiponectin (P>0.001) and serum HbA1C (P>0.001), which had a significant difference with the control group (P>0.05). But there was no difference between the three training groups. Calculating the effect size on the serum factors of diabetes showed that the low intensity had the greatest effect on insulin (ES = 1.11), insulin resistance (ES = 1.39) and HbA1C (ES = 2.05), while glucose (ES = 1.09) and adiponectin (ES = 0.38) were affected more by high intensity. According to the effect sizes, it is recommended to clinician to prescribe high intensity programs to reduce glucose and low intensity programs to improve insulin, insulin resistance and serum HbA1C in type 2 diabetic male patients.

What is already known on this subject?

The all type of weight training as intervention have effect on sugar profile.

 

What this study adds?

Although the three types of weight training did not differ significantly, the effect sizes between the three types of training differed by more than 0.5.

Keywords

Resistance training
Diabetes
Insulin
Adiponectin
HbA1C

Subjects

Acknowledgements

In the end, we are grateful to the diabetes association and diabetes center of Yazd province and all the diabetic patients of Yazd city who participated in this study.

Funding

The funding for this research was provided by the author

Compliance with ethical standards

Conflict of interest The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

Ethical approval All subjects completed the PAR-Q questionnaire and medical evaluation, then a written consent form was received to participate in the program, and after signing the consent form and the PAR-Q being negative, they were introduced to the laboratory. This study has the code of ethics from the Ethics Committee of Shahid-Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, (IR.SSU.REC.1396.103).

Informed consent Participants signed an informed consent form prior to participation in the study.

Author contributions

Conceptualization: S.A, M.M.; Methodology: S.A., H.A..; Software: H.A.; Validation: R.Sh. Formal analysis: S.A.; Investigation: M.M., H.A.; Resources: R.Sh., H.A.; Data curation: R.Sh., H.A.; Writing - original draft: S.A.; Writing – review & editing: H.A.; Visualization: H.A.; Supervision: S.A. Project administration: H.A.; Funding acquisition: S.A.

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Journal of Exercise & Organ Cross Talk
Volume 4, Issue 4
Autumn 2024
Pages 245-254

  • Receive Date 15 October 2024
  • Revise Date 24 December 2024
  • Accept Date 26 December 2024

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