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Special Issue "New Insights in Exercise Training and Diabetes Mellitus and Related Disorders"

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Health Behavior, Chronic Disease and Health Promotion".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2023 | Viewed by 683

Special Issue Editors

Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Sapienza University, 00185 Roma, Italy
Interests: exercise; type 1 and type 2 diabetes; diabetes technologies
Department of Life Sciences, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester M15 6BH, UK
Interests: exercise training; long-term complications of diabetes; diabetes technologies

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

We are delighted to invite you to contribute to a Special Issue in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. This issue will focus on the effects of exercise training on the most common metabolic disorder in the world, diabetes mellitus, and its related comorbidities and complications.

A large body of evidence has shown that exercise training is a safe and effective tool for preventing and treating diabetes and its long-term complications. On the other hand, sedentary behaviour can accelerate the development and the worsening of such conditions. Although cardiometabolic adaptations to exercise training have been thoroughly examined, there is a paucity of data on the capacity of exercise to counteract, or of sedentary behaviour to worsen, the dysfunction of the nervous, vascular, and musculoskeletal systems.

Our Special Issue will focus on exploring the short- and long-term effects of exercise/sedentary behaviour on the structure and function of the nervous, vascular, and musculoskeletal systems in people with type 1 (T1D) or type 2 diabetes (T2D). We welcome innovative original research, review articles (systematic and narrative), commentaries, and short communications.

Dr. Jonida Haxhi
Dr. Giorgio Orlando
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2500 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • exercise training
  • type 1 diabetes
  • type 2 diabetes
  • diabetes complications
  • peripheral nervous damage
  • diabetic foot ulcer
  • cardiovascular disease prevention
  • musculoskeletal dysfunction
  • diabetes medications

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Muscular Adaptations to Concurrent Resistance Training and High-Intensity Interval Training in Adults with Type 2 Diabetes: A Pilot Study
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(18), 6746; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20186746 - 12 Sep 2023
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Abstract
This pilot study aimed to compare the effects of eight weeks of concurrent resistance training (RT) and high-intensity interval training (HIIT) vs. RT alone on muscle performance, mass and quality in adults with type 2 diabetes (T2DM). Twelve T2DM adults were randomly allocated [...] Read more.
This pilot study aimed to compare the effects of eight weeks of concurrent resistance training (RT) and high-intensity interval training (HIIT) vs. RT alone on muscle performance, mass and quality in adults with type 2 diabetes (T2DM). Twelve T2DM adults were randomly allocated to the RT + HIIT (n = 5) or RT (n = 7) group. Before and after training, maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max), muscle strength and power were evaluated by calorimetry, dynamometry and one-repetition maximum (1RM) test. Quadriceps muscle volume was determined by MRI, and muscle quality was estimated. After RT, VO2max (+12%), knee muscle power (+20%), quadriceps muscle volume (+5.9%) and quality (leg extension, +65.4%; leg step-up, +223%) and 1RM at leg extension (+66.4%), leg step-up (+267%), lat pulldown (+60.9%) and chest press (+61.2%) significantly increased. The RT + HIIT group improved on VO2max (+27%), muscle volume (+6%), muscle power (+9%) and 1RM at lat pulldown (+47%). No other differences were detected. Among groups, changes in muscle quality at leg step-up and leg extension and VO2max were significantly different. The combination of RT and HIIT effectively improves muscle function and size and increases cardiorespiratory fitness in adults with T2DM. However, HIIT combined with RT may interfere with the development of muscle quality. Full article
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