Efeito de diferentes programas de exercício físico no controle do diabetes Mellitus 2: uma revisão sistemática

Abstract

Diabetes is responsible for causing blindness, kidney failure, heart attacks, stroke and lower limb amputation. And this generate a high social and financial cost to the patient and the health system. The functional capacity, autonomy and quality of life of a diabetic end up being significantly impaired. Continuous physical exercise brings innumerable benefits to the skeletal muscles, increased insulin-mediated glucose uptake into skeletal muscle, and reduced body weight and sedentary lifestyle. Considering the importance of physical exercise to control or prevent this disease, the present study aimed to perform a systematic analysis with articles that related diabetes, aerobic, anaerobic and combined exercises. Considering the following inclusion criteria: articles published in full in the period of 2008 and 2017, experimental studies, controlled and/or randomized trials, in which the results indicated the effect of physical exercises on DM2 control, in this way, were selected 25 articles that corresponded to all criteria, which included combined, aerobic and strength exercises. It was concluded from the analysis of these studies that the regular practice of exercises is favorable to the control of DM2. The use of combined training, with an average intensity of 65%, a mean frequency of 3 times a week and a mean duration of 9 weeks, was the one that presented the best results for intervention for DM2 control or prevention.