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Diabetes Resistance Training Adaptations in Elderly

NCT02548000 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2017-08-03

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Summary

This study aims to verify the effects of resistance training on neuromuscular, vascular and functional adaptations of elderly diabetics type 2. Half of participants will be the intervention group that will perform resistance training, while the other half will be the control group that will perform stretching sessions.

Conditions

  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2

Interventions

OTHER

Resistance training

The resistance training will be compound by 12 exercises for all body muscles, performed three times per week. The intensity of training will be measure by maximum repetitions from 12 until 8 repetitions with 2-3 series. The loads will increase for keep the maximum strength as the capacity of patients. The blood pressure and the casual glycemic will be measure before and after the training in each session. Before to start the exercises, patients will perform a warming on treadmill for 10 minutes and after the training will perform some stretching exercises for muscles groups trained.

OTHER

Stretching control

The stretching session will be composed by stretching and joint mobilization exercises for all body muscles and will happen only one time per week.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

    collaborator OTHER

  • Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Alexandre S Dias, phd · Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-07-31
Primary Completion
2016-12-31
Completion
2017-07-31

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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