The Study
Comparable anti-glycaemic effects of hypertrophy versus endurance resistance training in type 2 diabetes mellitus
This study gave two different kinds of exercise to people with diabetes and saw how their blood changed. It shows both exercises helped a little, but we can't say for sure which one is better because the study was small and we don't know if the people or doctors knew who got which exercise.
Analysis score
Maximum 90 for a randomized controlled trial.
Where the score came from
People with type 2 diabetes did two kinds of weight training with cardio for eight weeks, and both helped lower blood sugar markers.
Where does this study sit?
Reviews of RCTs (Meta-analyses)
Max 100Randomized Trials
Max 90Reviews of Cohort Studies
Max 85Cohort Studies
Max 72Reviews of Case-Control Studies
Max 63Case-Control Studies
Max 58Cross-Sectional & Case Series
Max 50Expert Opinion
Max 547 / 100
Quality score
Participants are randomly assigned to treatment or control groups, minimizing bias. The gold standard for testing whether an intervention causes an effect.
Key takeaways
Summary
Based on the study abstract and findings.
- 1Lower free fatty acids and C-peptide suggest better blood sugar control, which is good for diabetes management.
- 2Free fatty acids dropped by 11%, C-peptide dropped by 14%, and resistin went up by 17.9% in one group but not the other.
Score breakdown, methodology, conflicts of interest, evidence analysis & raw study data
Publication
Journal
European Journal of Preventive Cardiology
Year
2020
Authors
Bernhard Reich, M. Schönfelder, Kathrin Lampl, Edith E. Mueller, A. Egger, J. Niebauer
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Claims (4)
Resistance training improves muscle ability to absorb glucose from the blood, resulting in lower blood glucose levels after eating carbohydrates.
Adults with type 2 diabetes who perform eight weeks of combined aerobic exercise and either muscle-building or endurance-focused resistance training show a measurable 11% decrease in free fatty acids and a 14% decrease in C-peptide, indicating improved glycemic control, regardless of whether the resistance training focuses on muscle growth or endurance.
In adults with type 2 diabetes, combining either hypertrophy or endurance resistance training with aerobic exercise results in the same level of increase in muscle mass and strength.
In adults with type 2 diabetes, combining resistance training and aerobic exercise is linked to a measurable rise in resistin levels, but researchers believe this change is likely due to random variation rather than a true biological effect.
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