Influence of Physical Training on Blood Glucose Control, Glucose Tolerance, Insulin Secretion, and Insulin Action in Non-insulin-dependent Diabetic Patients
- Mariella Trovati, M.D.,
- Quirico Carta, M.D.,
- Franco Cavalot, M.D.,
- Sara Vitali, M.D.,
- Carlo Banaudi, M.D.,
- Pietro Greco Lucchina, M.D.,
- Franco Fiocchi, Ph.D.,
- Giorgio Emanuelli, M.D. and
- Gianfranco Lenti, M.D.
- “Clinka Medica III” Turin, Italy
- Postgraduate Schools of Internal Medicine and Diabetologia of the University of Turin Turin, Italy
- Diabetes Clinic of the San Giovanni Battista Hospital of Turin (Sede Molinette) Turin, Italy
- Pneumological Clinics of the San Luigi Gonzaga Hospital of Orbassano (Turin) Turin, Italy
- Cardiological Clinics of the San Luigi Gonzaga Hospital of Orbassano (Turin) Turin, Italy
- Address reprint requests to Mariella Trovati, M.D., Cattedra di Clinica Medica III dell‘Universita’ di Torino, Ospedale San Luigi Gonzaga, Orbassano—10043 Torino, Italy.
Abstract
This study has been designed to investigate, in five non-insulin-dependent diabetic patients, the influence of physical training (1 h a day, 7 days a wk for 6 wk, at 50–60% maximum oxygen uptake) on blood glucose control, glucose tolerance, insulin secretion, and insulin action. Physical training resulted in a significant improvement in blood glucose control, glucose tolerance, and insulin action. These results suggest that short-term intense physical training ameliorates the main metabolic derangements of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.
- Copyright © 1984 by the American Diabetes Association
