Practical Geriatrics ›› 2024, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (11): 1097-1100.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1003-9198.2024.11.004

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Effects of resistance exercise on blood glucose control and activity in elderly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus with sarcopenia

YANG Liping, KANG Yufeng, PENG Zhenzhen   

  1. Department of Endocrine Metabolism, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang 338000, China
  • Received:2023-11-20 Online:2024-11-20 Published:2024-11-21
  • Contact: KANG Yufeng, Email:pp440033@163.com

Abstract: Objective To explore the effects of resistance exercise on blood glucose control and activity in the elderly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus with sarcopenia. Methods A total of 100 elderly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus with sarcopenia admitted to the Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University from January 2022 to February 2023 were enrolled in this study, and were randomly divided into control group and observation group, with 50 cases in each group. The patients in the control group received routine exercise guidance. On the basis of the control group, the patients in the observation group received elastic band resistance exercise intervention. The results of fasting plasma glucose (FPG), postprandial blood glucose (PBG), glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c), Berg balance scale (BBS) and timed up and go test (TUG) were compared between the two groups before intervention, 3 months and 6 months after the intervention. Results Before intervention, there were no significant differences in the levels of FPG, PBG, HbA1c, BBS score and TUG time between the two groups (P>0.05); After 3 and 6 months of intervention, the levels of FPG, PBG, HbA1c and TUG time were significantly decreased, and the score of BBS was sinificantly increased in the two groups (P<0.05), especially in the observation group (P<0.05). Conclusions Elastic band resistance exercise is helpful to control blood glucose, and to improve the patients’ physical balance and walking ability in the elderly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus with sarcopenia.

Key words: resistance exercise, aged, type 2 diabetes mellitus, blood glucose control, activity capacity, sarcopenia

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