SynthesisDiabetologia2014
Impact of different training modalities on glycaemic control and blood lipids in patients with type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.
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136 citing papers in PubMed, 25 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 254 citations in OpenAlex.
- Comparative Effectiveness of Aerobic Exercise versus Resistance Training on Cardiometabolic Health in Patients with Diabesity: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Effectiveness and safety of blood flow restriction training for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a systematic review with meta analysis.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2026Pooled it
- Effect of digital health interventions on glycaemic control among type 2 diabetes individuals in low and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2026Pooled it
- Comparative effects of different exercise types on inflammatory markers in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients with overweight and obesity: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.BMC endocrine disorders · 2026Pooled it
- A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of RCTs Assessing Efficacy of Lifestyle Interventions on Glycemic Control in South Asian Adults with Type 2 Diabetes.Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Pooled it
- The optimal exercise modality and dose for glycemic control in older adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2026Pooled it
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- Comparative effectiveness of different exercise modality on glycaemic control and lipid profile for prediabetes: systematic review and network meta-analysis.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025Pooled it
- Effects of aerobic exercise on components of the metabolic syndrome in older adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus: systematic review and meta-analysis.Revista peruana de medicina experimental y salud publica · 2024Pooled it
- The effect of multi-component exercise on cognition function in patients with diabetes: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2024Pooled it
- What specific exercise training is most effective exercise training method for patients on maintenance hemodialysis with sarcopenia: a network meta-analysis.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Pooled it
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- The optimal exercise modality and intensity for hemodialysis patients incorporating Bayesian network meta-analysis and systematic review.Frontiers in physiology · 2022Pooled it
- Education-based, lifestyle intervention programs with unsupervised exercise improve outcomes in adults with metabolic syndrome. A systematic review and meta-analysis.Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders · 2021Pooled it
- Impact of different training modalities on anthropometric outcomes in patients with obesity: A systematic review and network meta-analysis.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2021Pooled it
- Diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of cardiovascular diseases in people with type 2 diabetes and prediabetes: a consensus statement jointly from the Japanese Circulation Society and the Japan Diabetes Society.Diabetology international · 2021Guideline
- Physical activity recommendations for patients with type 2 diabetes: a cross-sectional survey.Acta diabetologica · 2020Pooled it
- Effectiveness of Exercise Intervention in Reducing Body Weight and Glycosylated Hemoglobin Levels in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Korea: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Diabetes & metabolism journal · 2019Pooled it
- Mixed exercise training for adults with fibromyalgia.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- Resistance Exercise Intensity is Correlated with Attenuation of HbA1c and Insulin in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Pooled it
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Abstract
aims/hypothesisThis study aimed to systematically review randomised controlled trials comparing the effects of aerobic exercise training (AET), resistance training (RT) and combined training (CT) on glycaemic control and blood lipids in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
methodsSearches were performed in MEDLINE, EMBASE and the Cochrane Library. Inclusion criteria were: type 2 diabetes mellitus, adult, supervised training and a minimum intervention period of 8 weeks. Pooled effects were calculated by fixed/random effect pairwise and Bayesian fixed/random effects network meta-analyses.
resultsA total of 14 trials enrolling 915 participants were included. AET was more effective than RT in improving HbA1c levels (mean difference [MD] -0.20% [-2.2 mmol/mol]; 95% CI -0.32, -0.08; p = 0.0007, 10 trials/515 participants) and fasting glucose (MD -0.9 mmol/l; 95% CI -1.71, -0.09; p = 0.03, 8 trials/245 participants). Compared with AET, CT resulted in a significantly more pronounced reduction in HbA1c (MD -0.17% [-1.87 mmol/mol]; 95% CI -0.31, -0.03; p = 0.02, 9 trials/493 participants). Compared with RT, the MD of the change in HbA1c (MD -0.62%, [-6.82 mmol/mol]; 95% CI -0.95, -0.30; p = 0.0002, 5 trials/362 participants], fasting glucose (MD -1.99 mmol/l; 95% CI -3.07, -0.90; p = 0.0003, 3 trials/99 participants) and triacylglycerols (MD -0.28 mmol/l; 95% CI -0.46, -0.10; p = 0.003, 4 trials/213 participants) were all in favour of CT. The exclusion of trials with a high risk of bias yielded only non-significant results. CONCLUSIONS/
interpretationThe present data suggest that CT might be the most efficacious exercise modality to improve glycaemic control and blood lipids. Interpretation with respect to clinical relevance is limited by the low quality of the studies included and the limited information on the clinically important outcomes or adverse effects of exercise.
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