Structured physical training promotes several aspects of cognitive functions in diabetic and hypertensive patients.

Objective: To evaluate the interference of supervised resistance and aerobic training in glycemic levels during and after 36 sessions, belonging to a training period of three months in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), as well as the comparison of both exercise training. Methods: This is a experimental study with twelve T2DM patients, all sedentary and attended by the Specialized Care Center of Viçosa-MG, randomized into aerobic (n = 6.54 ± 5 years) and resisted (n = 6.58 ± 9 years) groups. Capillary glycemia was collected before (M1), during (M2) and after (M3) each exercise session for 12 weeks with a weekly frequency of three days. It was used ANOVA for repeated measures followed by Tukey and Student’s test. Results: A mean drop in capillary glycemia was observed between M1 and M2 (p = 0.001), M2 and M3 (p = 0.001) and M1 and M3 (p = 0.001) in both groups. Conclusion: It is concluded that aerobic and resistance exercise training caused a decreased in the blood glucose during exercise sessions. The findings showed that both modes of exercise are important in the hyperglycemic treatment of T2DM patients.

Background: Sedentary life-style is a significant public health issue. It increases the incidence of type-2 diabetes mellitus (DM2) and systemic arterial hypertension (SAH), which in turn may impair physical and mental health. In fact, disrupted glucose metabolism is characteristic of Alzheimer’s dementia, and it is often dubbed as type-3 diabetes. Objective: The purpose of this study was to assess the level of activity, body composition, cardiovascular risk and cognitive profile of patients with DM2 and/or SAH. The study was cross-sectional design. Methods: The sample consisted of 120 individuals which 35% men and 65% women, with an average of 64±9 years old and 60±11 years old, respectively. Various parameters were evaluated such as anthropometric variables, pedometer recordings and brief cognitive screening battery (BCSB), which assesses the immediate memory, verbal fluency, learning, late memory and recognition. Chi-square and Fisher's exact test were applied to observe possible differences between men and women. In addition to Kruskall-Wallis, in the comparison between patients with SAH; DM2 and SAH + DM2. Results: A high rate of physical inactivity was found among those enrolled in this project. Females were characterized by increased body fat, whereas men displayed visceral fat excess. BCSB demonstrated reduced verbal fluency, late memory and recognition, with women presenting significantly worse results. Conclusion: Low level of daily physical activity is apparently correlated with obesity, elevated cardiovascular risk, and cognitive dysfunction.

Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 affects the current society, and it is associated with overweight and obesity. The exercise has demonstrated favorable results in anthropometric parameters and gain joint flexibility and body mobility in these people. The objective was to analyze the interference of an exercise program on anthropometric measurements, flexibility and body mobility in type 2 diabetics. This is a longitudinal study realized with 14 type 2 diabetic patients with a mean age of 55 ± 9 years, from both genders, separated into groups of aerobic exercise (n = 8) and resistance (n=6). The body mass index, waist circumference, abdominal circumference, hip circumference, waist/hip ratio, body fat percentage, coxofemoral flexibility and body mobility were evaluated before and after a period of 10 weeks of aerobic or resistance exercise with weekly frequency of 3 days. For data analysis, we applied the paired t-test (pre x post exercise) and independent t-test (aerobic group x resistance group) with 5% significance level. There were no significant differences in anthropometric variables in both groups after the period of 10 weeks of supervised training. In relation to body mobility test, there was significant difference in the sample as a whole (p = 0.02), in the aerobic training group (p = 0.02) and resistance training group (p = 0.04). The coxofemoral flexibility test showed significant improvement (p = 0.02) in the sample and as a whole and clinical improvement in aerobic group (p = 0.12) and resistance (p = 0.09). Both aerobic training and the force training provided positive effects on coxofemoral flexibility test and body mobility test. In contrast, there was no significant improvement in anthropometric variables after intervention 10 weeks of exercise.

As competições escolares movimentam milhares de jovens em todos os lugares do Brasil e do mundo. Leva-se em consideração a necessidade de explorar um campo não estudado na cidade de Ariquemes – RO, com objetivo de prover melhorias na forma em que são conduzidas as competições e as destinações de recursos públicos, além de possibilitar novas discussões acerca das metodologias que são empregadas nas competições escolares e na prática de ensino das modalidades esportivas. Frente a isso, o objetivo principal deste trabalho foi investigar quais as prevalências de participação nas modalidades esportivas do JIEMA. Foram utilizados como base para a pesquisa de campo, os próprios registros da Secretária Municipal de Educação. Foi utilizada estatística descritiva em forma de percentagem para ilustração das prevalências. Quanto aos resultados, foi demonstrado que o futebol e o futsal são as modalidades que apresentam maiores índices de participação. O Taewkondo apresenta os menores índices, o que contrasta com outra modalidade esportiva de combate, o Judô, que apresentou índices de participações maiores que algumas modalidades coletivas como o handebol e o basquete. No geral, apesar da redução de aderência em algumas modalidades, o JIEMA apresenta uma crescente na participação de atletas a cada ano que passa.