Insulin Sensitivity Following Exercise Interventions: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Outcomes Among Healthy Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Although exercise can improve insulin sensitivity, no adequate synthesis exists of exercise intervention studies with regard to their effect on insulin sensitivity. This comprehensive meta-analysis synthesized the insulin sensitivity outcomes of supervised exercise interventions.

Method

Extensive literature searching located published and unpublished intervention studies that measured insulin sensitivity outcomes. Eligible studies tested supervised exercise interventions among healthy adults. Primary study characteristics and results were coded. Random-effects meta-analyses of standardized mean differences included moderator analyses.

Results

Data were synthesized across 2509 subjects (115 samples, 78 reports). The overall mean effect size for 2-group postin

SUBMITTER: Conn VS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4393364 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature