Acute short term effects of endurance and resistance training on balance control in patients with diabetic peripheral neuropathy

Abstract

Purpose

Exercise training have numerous beneficial effects on the complications of diabetic peripheral neuropathy. Exercise training may cause immediate effects on balance control in DPN patients. This study aims to assess the Acute Short Term effects of endurance and resistance exercise training on balance control in DPN patients.

Methods

In this study, 11 patients with DPN and 11 healthy subjects participated. Patients and healthy subjects did endurance and resistance training in two separate exercise sessions. Dynamic balance and functional balance test were assessed before and after the interventions. Independent t-test was used to compare balance indices before and after training, the intervention effects were examined using ANOVA repeated measure test. The statistical significance level was set at p < 0.05.

Results

The results showed that dynamic and functional balance in DPN patients were significantly lower than in healthy subjects. Anterior-posterior stability and total stability indices and functional balance test deteriorated significantly after training.

Conclusion

Endurance or resistance training may lead to acute disturbance of dynamic and functional balance in DPN patients. Hence, immediately after exercise, patients with diabetes are at an increased risk of falling, therefore, preventive considerations are necessary.

Keywords:

• Endurance training
• Resistance training
• Dynamic balance
• Functional balance
• Diabetic peripheral neuropathy

Acknowledgments

This study was supported by Tarbiat Modares University. The authors would like to thank from all the participants of this study.

Conflicts of interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest regarding publication of this manuscript.

Table 2. The dynamic and functional balance tests before and after endurance and strength training in DPN patients and healthy subjects (ST: strength training, ET: endurance training).

Funding

The author(s) reported there is no funding associated with the work featured in this article.