Abstract:
Type2 diabetes mellitus results from a combination of the inability of
muscle cells to respond to insulin (insulin resistance) and inadequate
compensatory insulin secretion. The addition of aerobics and resistance
exercise to regular diabetic medication provided significantly favorable
effects on glycemic control through managing blood glucose levels. The
purpose of this study was to examine the effect of aerobics and resistance
exercise training intervention on blood glucose controls in type2 diabetes
outpatient follow up care at Ambo University Referral Hospital for eight
weeks. Twelve adults (n=12) mean aged of 50.25±14.43 with in type 2
diabetes were the subject of this study. The subjects were selected by using
a convenient sampling technique and achieved proposed exercise treatment.
After the pretest and post-test values were measured, the data was inserted
into SPSS software (version 20) and the result was interpreted and analyzed
in the form of text, table, and figure. The paired sample T-test was used to
test if there was a significant change in parameters (P<0.05 value was
statistically significant). The mean fasting blood glucose level was
significantly decreased from the pretests value (163.33± 34.98 to post-test
156.92±30.16 with a reduction of 3.92% and (p =0.003) following the eight
weeks intervention of aerobics and resistance exercise. After the
intervention of exercise, body weight decreased by (1.88%), body mass
index (2.73%), resting heart rate (4.33%), and improved Vo2 max by
(4.01%) with statistical significance (p <0.05). The reductions in resting
systolic and diastolic blood pressure were statistically not significant (p >
0.05). Although each type of exercise has its benefit in blood glucose
control, this value was not achieved through a single type of exercise
