Eccentric and concentric resistance exercise induced changes on insulin sensitivity and inflammation

No Thumbnail Available

Meeting name

Sponsors

Date

Journal Title

Format

Thesis

Subject

Research Projects

Organizational Units

Journal Issue

Abstract

Purpose: The aim of this study was to compare the effects of an acute bout of eccentriconly (ECC) resistance exercise to an acute bout of concentric-only (CON) resistance exercise on glucose tolerance and to investigate the role of inflammation in any observed differences. Methods: Fourteen overweight, untrained participants (BMI = 33.6 [plus or minus] 1.2) performed either an ECC (N = 7) or CON (N = 7) resistance exercise session. An oral glucose tolerance test was administered days before and 24-hours post-exercise. The exercise session consisted of 1-repetition maximum (1RM) testing followed by three sets of ten repetitions at 75% of their contraction specific 1RM on a knee extension machine and leg curl machine. Blood samples were analyzed for IL-6 and TNFa and delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) was measured. Results: ANOVA calculations indicated a trend on glucose tolerance between the groups' pre- and post-exercise sessions (p = 0.098). There was also a trend observed in IL-6 between the 1h and 24h measurements (p = 0.097), but no differences between the groups. No changes in TNFa were observed. ECC exercise increased soreness that peaked at 48h and CON exercise induced no soreness changes. Conclusions: These data suggest that in an overweight, untrained population, an acute bout of ECC-only or CON-only resistance exercise may cause opposite effects on glucose tolerance; ECC exercise decreasing glucose tolerance, CON exercise increasing glucose tolerance. Opposing effects on glucose tolerance from the exercise occurred in lieu of a similar response in IL-6 and TNFa to the exercise.

Table of Contents

DOI

PubMed ID

Degree

M.A.

Thesis Department

Rights

OpenAccess.

License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License.