The effect of aerobic and anaerobic physical conditioning on insulin and glucose during exercise

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14482/sun.38.1.612.34

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Insulin, glucose, hypoxia, exercise, aerobic, anaerobic, athletes

Abstract

Objective: Describe glucose and insulin behavior at the different phases of exercise in aerobic and anaerobic athletes. 

Materials and Methods: Glucose and insulin from 6 anaerobic and 10 aerobic athletes were compared during rest, moderate-high intensity exercise, and recovery. Statistical analysis was performed to evaluate insulin and glucose behavior, and differences between aerobic aerobic and anaeribic-trained individuals. A p value of <0.05 was set. A non-normal distribution was found, non-parametric tests and multivariate analysis were performed.  

Results: Moderate exercise led to hypoinsulinemia, whereas intense exercise caused hyperinsulinemia and hyperglycemia. No differences were found between the 2 groups.

Conclusions: Autonomic nervous system behavior may play a role in  the glucoenergetic balance that could overcome insulin effect, and it  could vary depeding on the type of exercise régimen but further evaluation is necessary to confirm these findings

Keywords: Insulin, glucose, hypoxia, exercise, aerobic, anaerobic, athletes.

Author Biographies

Luz Marina Umbarila Espinosa, Universidad Manuela Beltrán, Colombia

Licenciada en Educación básica con énfasis en Física Recreación y Deportes. Universidad de Pamplona; Maestría en Ciencias y Tecnologías del Deporte y la Actividad Física.  Universidad Manuela Beltrán. Coordinadora académica Facultad de Educación Física Militar Escuela Militar de Cadetes “General José María Córdova”. Bogotá. Colombia.

Juan Camilo Cedeño Serna, Harvard Medical School, Estados Unidos

Medicina. Universidad de la Sabana, Reserch fellow,interventional pulmonology at BIDMC-Harvard medical School

Santiago Cortés Fernández, Universidad Manuela Beltrán, Colombia

Mayor del Ejército Nacional. Licenciado en Educación Física, Universidad Pedagógica Nacional. Maestría en Ciencias y Tecnologías del Deporte y la Actividad Física.  Universidad Manuela Beltrán. Oficial de Estudios de la Escuela de Soldados Profesionales “Pedro Pascasio Martínez Rojas”

Daniel Alfonso Botero Rosas, Universidad de La Sabana, Colombia

Medicina, Escuela Colombiana De Medicina; Magister y PHD en Ingeniería Biomédica, Profesor Asociado Universidad de la Sabana.

Published

2022-05-03

How to Cite

Umbarila Espinosa, L. M. ., Cedeño Serna, J. C. ., Cortés Fernández, S. ., & Botero Rosas, D. A. . (2022). The effect of aerobic and anaerobic physical conditioning on insulin and glucose during exercise. Salud Uninorte, 38(1), 176–192. https://doi.org/10.14482/sun.38.1.612.34

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