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Trial reportInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021

Effect of High-Intensity Interval Training on Quality of Life, Sleep Quality, Exercise Motivation and Enjoyment in Sedentary People with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus.

Jesús Alarcón-Gómez, Iván Chulvi-Medrano, Fernando Martin-Rivera, Joaquín Calatayud

2 registry-linked trialsOpen access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 30 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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30citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
5.7field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT06555159 nanot yet recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2024, after this paper: background citation

Effect of an aerobic exercise program on metabolic disorders levels in higher education students at the university of colima, randomized clinical trial.

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversidad de ColimaRan2024 to 2025Enrolled48ConditionsMetabolic Disorders, Abdominal Obesity, Blood Pressure Disorders, HypertriglyceridemiaArmsPhysical exercise prescription: Continuous aerobic training (jogging, swimming, static cycling), Control group: Continuous aerobic physical exercise
NCT07382856 naactive not recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2024, after this paper: background citation

Effect of Low-intensity Aerobic Regular Activity on Heart Rate Variability in Type 1 Diabetes

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of Banja LukaRan2024 to 2026Enrolled35ConditionsType 1 DiabetesArmslow-intensity physical activity, Intensive insulin therapy
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 55 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Impact of 8 Weeks of Moderate- Versus High-Intensity Interval Training on Sleep Quality.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026
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  18. Exercise as a mediator of wellbeing.Frontiers in psychology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jesús Alarcón-GómezDepartment of Physical Education and Sports, University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain.
Iván Chulvi-MedranoUIRFIDE Sport Performance and Physical Fitness Research Group, University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-6612-1759
Fernando Martin-RiveraResearch Group in Prevention and Health in Exercise and Sport, University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain.
Joaquín CalatayudExercise Intervention for Health Research Group (EXINH-RG), Department of Physiotherapy, University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-8670-8346
Universitat de València · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

(1) Background: Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) people's health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is affected by glycemic control. Regular exercise is strongly recommended to these patients due to its cardiovascular and metabolic benefits. However, a large percentage of patients with T1DM people present a sedentary behavior because of the fear of a post-exercise hypoglycemia event, lack of time, lack of motivation and the complicated management of exercise, glycemic and insulin dose interaction. High-intensity interval training (HIIT) is an efficient and safe methodology since it prevents hypoglycemia and does not require much time, which are the main barriers for this population to doing exercise and increasing physical conditioning. (2) Methods: Nineteen sedentary adults (37 ± 6.5 years) with T1DM, were randomly assigned to 6 weeks of either HIIT (12-16-20 × 30-s intervals interspersed with 1-min rest periods) performed thrice weekly, or to the control group, which did not train. HRQoL, sleep quality, exercise motivation and enjoyment were measured as psychological variables. (4) Results: HRQoL improved in physical and social domains, PF (1.9%); PR (80.3%); GH (16.6); SF (34.1%). Sleep quality improved in the HIIT group by 21.4%. Enjoyment improved by 7% and intrinsic motivation was increased by 13%. (5) Conclusions: We suggest that the 6-week HIIT program used in the present study is safe, since no severe hypoglycemia were reported, and an effective strategy in improving HRQoL, sleep quality, exercise motivation and enjoyment which are important psychological well-being factors in T1DM people.

Indexed as

Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1High-Intensity Interval TrainingAdultExerciseHumansMotivationPleasureQuality of LifeSleep Qualitydiabetes type 1exercise motivationHIITquality of lifesleep quality

Identifiers

PMID34886337
PMCPMC8656786
OpenAlexW3216913137

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