Effect of meridian exercises on blood glucose and clinical symptoms of community elderly type 2 diabetic patients
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-0815.2013.06.005
- VernacularTitle:经络操运动管理对社区老年2型糖尿病患者血糖和自我症状的影响
- Author:
Yajuan CHEN
;
Yanan ZHU
;
Qin SHEN
;
Huiling YE
;
Guoling CHEN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Diabetes mellitus,type 2;
Community health services;
Group sport management;
Meridian exercises
- From:
Chinese Journal of Health Management
2013;7(6):381-384
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To investigate the effect of meridian exercises on blood glucose and clinical symptoms of community elderly type 2 diabetic patients.Methods Sixty elderly patients with type 2diabetes mellitus (T2DM) were selected from two communities from February to September in 2012.Thirty participants from one community received meridian excise-based group sport management (experiment group),the other 30 subjects from another community got meridian excise-based individual sport management (control group).Before and after the intervention,blood glucose and self-report symptoms were assessed.Results At baseline and after the intervention,there was statistically significant difference of postprandial blood glucose and self-symptom score between the two groups (t values were-5.954,-2.900,-4.214 and-3.798,respectively; all P＜0.05).After the intervention,experiment group showed statistically significant difference in self-assessment of symptom score from the control group (t=-5.484,P＜0.05).Conclusion Meridian exercises can efficiently improve diabetic patients' postprandial blood glucose and clinical symptons.
