title: A short bout of stair climbing-descending exercise attenuates postprandial hyperglycemia in middle-aged males with impaired glucose tolerance.
abstract: Exercise is a useful modality to ameliorate postprandial hyperglycemia. Here we show that a short bout (∼6 min) of stair climbing-descending exercise (STAIR) starting at 90 min after meal accelerates the decrease in blood glucose concentrations in middle-aged sedentary men with impaired glucose tolerance, although STAIR is easy to perform and keeps the exercise intensity at a moderate level.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Natural Sciences, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan. takaishi@nsc.nagoya-cu.ac.jp
authors.forename: Tetsuo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takaishi
authors.forename: Kenro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Imaeda
authors.forename: Tsutomu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Toshio
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Moritani
authors.forename: Tatsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hayashi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D015444:Exercise; D018149:Glucose Intolerance / Q000097:blood* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D006943:Hyperglycemia / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010101:Oxygen Consumption; D019518:Postprandial Period; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D001786:Blood Glucose; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin; C517652:hemoglobin A1c protein, human