Progressively resistive exercise improves autonomic nervous functioning in patients with type 2 diabetes melli-tus / 中华物理医学与康复杂志

Objective To explore the effect and possible mechanism of 12 weeks of progressively resistive exercises on the autonomic nervous function of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus ( T2DM) fasting and after an oral glucose tolerance test ( OGTT) . Methods Fifty T2DM patients were randomly divided into an exercise group ( E, n=30) and a control group ( C, n=20) . Group E performed progressively resistive exercises for 12 weeks, while group C maintained their normal lifestyle. Blood glucose, insulin, glycosylated hemoglobin, an insulin resist-ance index ( IRI) , heart rate variability, blood pressure variability and baroreflex sensitivity were measured after fasting and after an OGTT before and after the intervention. Results After the intervention, in the fasting state and after an OGTT, all of group E's glycemic control variables except insulin levels were significantly lower than be-fore the intervention ( P≤0.05) . No significant changes were observed in the autonomic nervous function parame-ters. However, after the intervention total power (LnTP), a comprehensive indicator of autonomic nervous system activity, normalized low frequency power (LFn), LnLF/high frequency power (LnLR/HF) and the low-frequency component of systolic blood pressure (LFSBP) increased significantly after OGTT in group E (P≤0.05), while there were no significant changes in the control group. Moreover, after the intervention there were no significant differences between the two groups in the indicators of autonomic nervous system functioning after fasting, but the LnTP, LFn, LnLF/HF and LFSBP2 of group E were significantly higher than those of group C after an OGTT (P≤0.05). In addition, the △LnLF/HF of group E was negatively correlated with △IRI (r=-0.469, P≤0.05). Conclusions Twelve weeks of progressively resistive exercises has no effect on autonomic nervous functioning after fasting for patients with T2DM, but it improves sympathetic neural responses after an OGTT. This may be related to its ameliorating insulin resistance.

Treinamento resistido reduz inflamação em músculo esquelético e melhora a sensibilidade à insulina periférica em ratos obesos induzidos por dieta hiperlipídica / Resistive training reduces inflammation in skeletal muscle and improves the peripheral insulin sensitivity in obese rats induced by hyperlipidic diet

OBJETIVO: Investigar em ratos obesos o efeito da prática de exercício resistido sobre a sensibilidade à insulina e sobre a expressão de citocinas pró-inflamatórias e de transportador de glicose em músculo solear. MATERIAIS E MÉTODOS: Ratos Wistar alimentados com dieta hiperlipídica (grupos obesos) foram submetidos ao protocolo de exercício tipo jump squat. A sensibilidade à insulina e a expressão gênica de Tnf-α, SOCS3 e GLUT4 foram comparadas entre os grupos obesos sedentários (OS) e exercitados (OE) e controles sedentários (CS) e exercitados (CE). RESULTADOS: A sensibilidade à insulina estava reduzida no grupo OS e elevada no OE. Os conteúdos de RNAm de Tnf-α e de SOCS3 estavam aumentados no músculo esquelético do grupo OS e reduzidos no OE. O conteúdo proteico e de RNAm de GLUT4 não diferiu entre os grupos. CONCLUSÃO: O exercício resistido reverte o quadro de resistência à insulina periférica e de inflamação no músculo esquelético de obesos induzidos por dieta.

OBJECTIVE: To determine if resistive exercise protocol can modulate Tnf-α, SOCS3 and glucose transporter GLUT4 genes expression in skeletal muscle, and peripheral insulin sensitivity in obese rats induced by hyperlipidic diet. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Wistar obese rats induced by hyperlipidic diet were subjected a resistive exercise protocol as jump squat. Insulin sensitivity and mRNA content of Tnf-α, SOCS3 and GLUT4 were assayed and compared among the groups: obese sedentary (OS) and exercised (OE), control sedentary (CS) and exercised (CE). RESULTS: The mRNA content of Tnf-α and SOCS3 has increased in skeletal muscle from OS and has decreased in OE group. The protein and GLUT4 mRNA contents were correlated but they did not change among the groups. Peripheral insulin sensitivity has increased in the OE compared to OS group. CONCLUSION: The resistive exercise reverses the peripheral insulin resistance and the inflammatory state in skeletal muscle from diet-induced obese rats.

Intra-arterial blood pressure response in hypertensive subjects during low- and high-intensity resistance exercise

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to describe blood pressure responses during resistance exercise in hypertensive subjects and to determine whether an exercise protocol alters these responses. INTRODUCTION: Resistance exercise has been recommended as a complement for aerobic exercise for hypertensive patients. However, blood pressure changes during this kind of exercise have been poorly investigated in hypertensives, despite multiple studies of normotensives demonstrating significant increases in blood pressure. METHODS: Ten hypertensive and ten normotensive subjects performed, in random order, two different exercise protocols, composed by three sets of the knee extension exercise conducted to exhaustion: 40 percent of the 1-repetition maximum (1RM) with a 45-s rest between sets, and 80 percent of 1RM with a 90-s rest between sets. Radial intra-arterial blood pressure was measured before and throughout each protocol. RESULTS: Compared with normotensives, hypertensives displayed greater increases in systolic BP during exercise at 80 percent (+80±3 vs. +62±2 mmHg, P<0.05) and at 40 percent of 1RM (+75±3 vs. +67±3 mmHg, P<0.05). In both exercise protocols, systolic blood pressure returned to baseline during the rest periods between sets in the normotensives; however, in the hypertensives, BP remained slightly elevated at 40 percent of 1RM. During rest periods, diastolic blood pressure returned to baseline in hypertensives and dropped below baseline in normotensives. CONCLUSION: Resistance exercise increased systolic blood pressure considerably more in hypertensives than in normotensives, and this increase was greater when lower-intensity exercise was performed to the point of exhaustion.

Antagonistic Co-contraction Ratios of Dynamic Contraction during Stroke Patient's Knees Exercise / 中国康复理论与实践

@#Objective To investigate the influence of dynamic contraction to antagonist coactivity ratios during the stroke patient's knees exercise passively initiatively and resistively.Methods 24 stroke patients as observation group and 17 normal subjects as control group had performed dynamic contractions in knee flexion and extension. The electromyography signals were collected by surface electrode and then processed by linear time-and frequency-domain method. And then the antagonistic coactivity ratio was analyzed with factors statistics.Results The antagonist coactivity ratios of MF(median frequency) and MPF(mean power frequency) in paretic side of patients got high significantly but in non-paretic side got low significantly. But the antagonistic coactivity ratios of AEMG(average EMG) in paretic side got low and in non-paretic side got high significantly (P<0.01). The antagonist coactivity ratios of MF and AEMG in activity side were lower than in non-activity side (P<0.05). The antagonist coactivity ratios of MPF in exercise passively were lower significantly. The antagonist coactivity ratios of AEMG were lower following as the work load increased (P<0.001).Conclusion The motor unites are collected excessively in antagonist from paretic side of the stroke patient. The level of the synchronization of the excitement got low. The muscle strength got weak. But both the motor unites collected and the motor unites excited in antagonist from non-paretic side are excessive. The muscle strength get strong.