Strength Exercises With Blood Flow Restriction Promotes Hypotensive and Hypoglycemic Effects in Women With Mellitus Type 2 Diabetes?: Randomized Crossover Study

Arthur Wagner  da Silva Rodrigues; Ana Beatriz  Alves Martins; Nailton José Brandão  de Albuquerque Filho; Victor Sabino  de Queiros; Marina  Gonçalves Assis; Eliete Samara  Batista dos Santos; Luiz Arthur  Cavalcanti Cabral; Felippe Barbosa  Gomes; Morteza  Taheri; Khadijeh  Irandoust; Gabriel Rodrigues Neto

doi:10.61838/kman.hn.1.1.6

Authors

Arthur Wagner da Silva Rodrigues Coordination of Physical Education, Center for Higher Education and Development (CESED - UNIFACISA / FCM / ESAC), Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil

Ana Beatriz Alves Martins Coordination of Physical Education, Center for Higher Education and Development (CESED - UNIFACISA / FCM / ESAC), Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil

Nailton José Brandão de Albuquerque Filho Coordination of Physical Education, Center for Higher Education and Development (CESED - UNIFACISA / FCM / ESAC), Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil

Victor Sabino de Queiros Academic Master's in Physical Education, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Marina Gonçalves Assis Coordination of Physical Education, Center for Higher Education and Development (CESED - UNIFACISA / FCM / ESAC), Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil

Eliete Samara Batista dos Santos Coordination of Physical Education, Center for Higher Education and Development (CESED - UNIFACISA / FCM / ESAC), Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil

Luiz Arthur Cavalcanti Cabral Coordination of Physical Education, Center for Higher Education and Development (CESED - UNIFACISA / FCM / ESAC), Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil

Felippe Barbosa Gomes Coordination of Physical Education, Center for Higher Education and Development (CESED - UNIFACISA / FCM / ESAC), Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil

Morteza Taheri Professor, Faculty of Sports and Health Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Khadijeh Irandoust Associate Professor, Department of Sport Sciences, Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin, Iran

Gabriel Rodrigues Neto * Department of Physical Education, Socorro Soares University, Conceição, Paraíba, Brazil gabrielrodrigues_1988@hotmail.com

https://doi.org/10.61838/kman.hn.1.1.6

Keywords:

Kaatsu training, vascular occlusion, resistance training, blood pressure, blood glucose

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of blood flow restriction (BFR) strength exercises on blood pressure (BP) and blood glucose (BG) in diabetic women. Ten women with type II diabetes (Age = 56.9 ± 7.4 years old; BMI = 27.2 ± 4.2 kg/m²; Diagnostic time = 10.6 ± 4.1 years) participated in this study. On three non-consecutive days, participants were randomly assigned to 1 of 3 training conditions: (i) Low-load exercise [LL; ~ 20% of 1 maximum repetition (1RM)]; (ii) LL-BFR exercise [~ 20% of 1RM/50% of arterial occlusion pressure (AOP)]; (iii) High load exercise (HL; ~ 65% of 1RM). Systolic BP (SBP), diastolic BP (DBP) and mean (MBP) values were assessed before, immediately, 15, 30, 45 and 60 min after the interventions. BG concentrations were analyzed before, immediately and 60 min after the interventions. SBP significantly reduced 60 min after LL exercise (p = 0.002), but it was not significantly reduced at any point after LL-BFR or HL exercise. DBP decreased significantly 45 min after LL exercise (p = 0.028) and 60 min after LL and LL-BFR exercise (p = 0.004 and p = 0.002, respectively). We verified a condition effect for the BG percentage variation, however post-hoc analyzes revealed only a difference tendency between LL and LL-BFR exercises (3.5% and -10%, respectively; p = 0.053). It is concluded that the LL and LL-BFR exercise protocols resulted in a post-exercise hypotensive effect, and the BFR protocol, apparently, presents superiority in BG reduction.

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