ReviewDiabetes therapy : research, treatment and education of diabetes and related disorders2017
Resistance Training for Glycemic Control, Muscular Strength, and Lean Body Mass in Old Type 2 Diabetic Patients: A Meta-Analysis.
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Behavioral Intervention and Home-based Resistance Training to Increase Physical Activity and Muscle Strength in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Evaluating Resistance Training for Sarcopenia in Older Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: Treatment Outcomes
Who cites it
57 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 120 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effects of resistance training on cardiovascular risk factors in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Acta diabetologica · 2025Pooled it
- 2023 Clinical Practice Guidelines for Diabetes Management in Korea: Full Version Recommendation of the Korean Diabetes Association.Diabetes & metabolism journal · 2024Guideline
- Effect of physical activity and different exercise modalities on glycemic control in people with prediabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2023Pooled it
- Dose-response relationships of resistance training in Type 2 diabetes mellitus: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2023Pooled it
- Effect of resistance training on HbA1c in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus and the moderating effect of changes in muscular strength: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ open diabetes research & care · 2022Pooled it
- Effectiveness of Resistance Training and Associated Program Characteristics in Patients at Risk for Type 2 Diabetes: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Sports medicine - open · 2021Pooled it
- The Impact of Exercise on Bone Health in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus-a Systematic Review.Current osteoporosis reports · 2020Pooled 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
- The effect of 6 months of structured strength or endurance exercise program on weight loss after gastric bypass surgery in a randomized controlled trial.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2025Trial
- The effect of periodic resistance training on obese patients with type 2 diabetic nephropathy.Scientific reports · 2024Trial
- Effect of blood flow-restrictive resistance training on metabolic disorder and body composition in older adults with type 2 diabetes: a randomized controlled study.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2024Trial
- Effects of 12-Week Progressive Sandbag Exercise Training on Glycemic Control and Muscle Strength in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Combined with Possible Sarcopenia.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Trial
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- Impact of Multidomain Lifestyle Intervention on Frailty Through the Lens of Deficit Accumulation in Adults with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2020Trial
- Concurrent Aerobic and Resistance Training Has Anti-Inflammatory Effects and Increases Both Plasma and Leukocyte Levels of IGF-1 in Late Middle-Aged Type 2 Diabetic Patients.Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity · 2017Trial
- Glycated hemoglobin and dynapenia in community- dwelling older people with and without diabetes: A cross-sectional study.Journal of diabetes and metabolic disorders · 2026Article
- 5. Facilitating Positive Health Behaviors and Well-being to Improve Health Outcomes: Standards of Care in Diabetes-2026.Diabetes care · 2026Review
- Exercise and physical activity interventions in type 2 diabetes mellitus.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2026Review
- Resistance Exercise Counteracts Skeletal Muscle Atrophy in T2DM Mice by Upregulating FGF21 and Activating PI3K/Akt Pathway.Biomolecules · 2025Article
- Adherence to physical activity guidelines and all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality in individuals with and without type 2 diabetes.Journal of diabetes and metabolic disorders · 2025Article
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Abstract
introductionType 2 diabetes (T2D) in elderly patients is associated with accelerated loss of skeletal muscle mass and strength. However, there are few meta-analysis reviews which investigate the effects of resistance training (RT) on glycemic control and skeletal muscle in the patients.
methodsThree electronic databases were searched (from the earliest date available to November 2016). Studies were included according to the inclusion criteria: T2D patients at least 60 years old, fasting plasma glucose of at least 7.0, and at least 8 weeks of RT.
resultsFifteen cohorts of eight studies (360 patients, average age 66 years) met the inclusion criteria. RT groups lowered glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) (mean ES = -0.37, 95% CI = -0.55 to -0.20, P < 0.01) but did not result in a significant effect on lean body mass (LBM) (mean ES = 0.08, 95% CI = -0.15 to 0.30, P = 0.50). Homogeneity was shown between studies regarding HbA1c and LBM (Q = 15.70, df = 9, P = 0.07 and Q = 0.12, df = 4, P = 0.998, respectively). High-intensity subgroups showed a slight tendency to improve (rather than duration, frequency, and weekly volume) and to decrease HbA1c levels more than low-intensity subgroups (P = 0.37). RT increased muscular strength (mean ES = 1.05, 95% CI = 0.26-1.84, P = 0.01). No training components explained the heterogeneity between studies with changes in muscle strength.
conclusionRT improves glycemic control and muscle strength in elderly patients with T2D. RT with high intensity can be a strategy to treat patients with T2D and sarcopenia associated with aging.
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