title: Exercise training and glycemic control in adolescents with poorly controlled type 1 diabetes mellitus.
abstract: This study sought to establish whether the glycemic control achieved in exercise-trained adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM) is dependent on the quality of glycemic control prior to the initiation of exercise training. Adolescents with type 1 DM were randomly assigned to groups with either lower or higher than 9% glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c), and submitted to 12 weeks of supervised training followed by 12 weeks of unsupervised training (n = 12 per group). Supervised training caused a 17% rise in the patients' aerobic capacity which during the ensuing period of unsupervised training decreased to pre-training levels, thus suggesting a poor compliance with unsupervised training. The average levels of HbA1c in poorly and well controlled diabetic patients were not affected by training, a finding indicating that irrespective of the quality of glycemia prior to exercise training, glycemic control in adolescents with type 1 DM does not improve in response to exercise training alone.
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Movement and Exercise Science, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia.
authors.forename: Louise
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.forename: Timothy W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Paul A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Fournier
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis*; D015992:Body Mass Index; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000097:blood* / Q000628:therapy*; D015444:Exercise; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D010349:Patient Compliance; D012885:Skinfold Thickness
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin; D007328:Insulin