Exercise and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Abstract

The disorder of glycemic control in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) caused by the insulin resistance. The complications may induced by the overweight and dyslipidemia in this kind of patients. Having an action on vascular function, insulin resistance could exert the vascular endothelium dysfunction. The glycemic control in such patient could be accomplished by using drug, life style modifi cation and exercise.

The beneficial effects of regular exercise in T2DM patients other than glycemic control are the weight control and the improvement in insulin action. Such effects could lead to the proper management for the disease-related complications.

In this review, the benefi ts of exercise are stated, along with the pre-exercise evaluation in glucose level and complications e.g. foot ulceration and proliferative retinopathy for patients to be safe from exercise intervention and cured with the recommended exercise prescription.

Key words: Exercise, Type 2 diabetes mellitus, Insulin resistance