EFFECT OF 12 WEEKS RESISTANCE TRAINING ON NEURAL CONDUCTION IN TYPE 2 DIABETES MEN WITH PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY

Despite the development of new therapeutic and clinical mmethods, type 2
diabetes is widely increasing in the world. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of 12 weeks
resistance training on neural conduction in men with type 2 diabetes with peripheral neuropathy.
Materials & Methods: This study was conducted on twenty-two male with type 2 diabetes who were
randomly divided into two groups of resistance (age 58.4±6.0 years, weight 84.7±8.0 kg and diabetes
history 13.7±7.2 years) and control (age 56.2±8.1 years, weight 87.5±15.0 kg and diabetes history
14.5±5.7 years) group. Resistance training consisted of two sets of main muscles in the upper body and
trunk and three sets of main muscles in the lower body with 8 to 12 repetitions, three times a week for
12 weeks. Before and after intervention nerve conduction measurements and blood samples were done.
The data were analyzed using Shapiro-Wilk test for normality data, and dependent and independent T
test to evaluate within and between group changes.
Results: The mean peroneal and tibial nerve conduction velocity (NCV) and sural and tibial action
potential amplitude in the resistance training group significantly increased (P<0.05), and sural NCV in
the control group significantly decreased (P<0.05). In addition, there were significantly differences
between two groups in variation range of sural and tibial NCV and sural and tibial nerve action potential
amplitude (P<0.05).
Conclusion: Resistance training not only improves nerve action potential amplitude, but also improves
NCV which ultimately reflects the effectiveness of resistance training on lower limbs
Electroneurographic parameters in short term