Effect Of Aerobics And Resistance Exercise Intervention On Blood Glucose Control In Type2 Diabetes: The Caase Of Ambo University Referral Hospital

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