What she and her colleagues found, according to a study published last week in The Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, is that the influence of daily exercise on sleep habits is more convoluted than many of us might expect and that, in the short term, sleep might have more of an impact on exercise than exercise has on sleep.
Other studies of nondiabetic subjects have shown a variable impact of exercise, a component of the current lifestyle modification intervention, on BMD.
In humans, several important studies have indicated a beneficial impact of exercise training on coronary vasodilator and endothelial function.
Five investigated the effects of exercise on falls, and among them, three found a positive impact of exercise interventions on this parameter.
In another study, the long-term physical exercise of 6-week running attenuated the colonic TNF- α protein content indicating an anti-inflammatory impact of exercise training [ 49].
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To optimise the impact of exercise as an effective strategy to improve glycaemic control, more information is needed on the impact of the various exercise modalities (e.g. type, intensity, duration, frequency and timing of exercise) on daily blood glucose homeostasis.
The researchers behind the discovery say it could one day lead to a drug that mimics the metabolic impact of exercise.
Dr. Morey's research evolves directly from three sources: (1) primary analyses of clinical trials regarding the impact of exercise on a specific outcome, (2) longitudinal analyses of participants in ongoing clinical exercise programs, and (3) secondary analyses of clinical trials which involve exercise or physical activity.
Furthermore, a moderator analysis revealed that the impact of exercise was similar in clinical (ES = −0.52) and non-clinical populations (ES = −0.40).
