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Increase in the heart rate variability with deep breathing in diabetic patients after 12-month exercise training.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20139661     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Autonomic neuropathy in diabetes leads to impaired regulation of blood pressure and heart rate variability (HRV), which is due to a shift in cardiac autonomic balance towards sympathetic dominance. Lower HRV has been considered a predictor of cardiac mortality and morbidity. Deep breathing test is a simple method to measure HRV and it provides a sensitive measure of cardiac autonomic function. The effect of long-term physical activity on HRV in type-2 diabetes mellitus is inconclusive. We aimed to evaluate the effects of regular physical exercise on HRV with deep breathing in type 2 diabetes (n = 105). Thirty normotensive diabetic patients and 25 hypertensive diabetic patients underwent physical exercise program for 12 months, and the other 50 patients (22 normotensive and 28 hypertensive diabetic patients) were considered the non-exercised group. Electrocardiogram was recorded during deep breathing and HRV was measured. Regular exercise significantly increased HRV in diabetic patients with and without hypertension. The degree of the increase in HRV was greater in hypertensive diabetic patients (p < 0.01) than in normotensive diabetic patients (p < 0.05). After exercise, glycosylated hemoglobin levels were decreased in both groups of diabetic patients. Moreover, the hypertensive diabetic patients showed a decrease (p < 0.05) in blood pressure after regular exercise. Thus, regular exercise training increases HRV, suggesting that there is a shift in the cardiac sympathovagal balance in favor of parasympathetic dominance in diabetic patients. Long-term physical training may be an effective means to reverse the autonomic dysregulation seen in type 2 diabetes.
Authors:
Bhagyalakshmi Sridhar; Nagaraja Haleagrahara; Ramesh Bhat; Anupama Bangra Kulur; Sridhar Avabratha; Prabha Adhikary
Publication Detail:
Type:  Controlled Clinical Trial; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The Tohoku journal of experimental medicine     Volume:  220     ISSN:  1349-3329     ISO Abbreviation:  Tohoku J. Exp. Med.     Publication Date:  2010  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-02-08     Completed Date:  2010-05-21     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0417355     Medline TA:  Tohoku J Exp Med     Country:  Japan    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  107-13     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Physiology, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, India.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Aged
Blood Pressure / physiology
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / blood,  complications,  physiopathology*,  therapy*
Diabetic Neuropathies / blood,  complications,  physiopathology*,  therapy*
Exercise Therapy*
Female
Heart Rate / physiology*
Hemoglobin A, Glycosylated / metabolism
Humans
Hypertension / blood,  etiology,  physiopathology,  therapy
Male
Middle Aged
Respiratory Mechanics / physiology*
Treatment Outcome
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Hemoglobin A, Glycosylated; 0/hemoglobin A1c protein, human

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