ABSTRACT

Background & Purpose: Diabetes mellitus is a prominent cause of mortality and disability worldwide. Diabetes mellitus is a condition of abnormal protein, lipid, and carbohydrate metabolism caused by inadequate insulin production and diminished sensitivity of the tissues to the metabolic effects of insulin. Increasing cardiorespiratory fitness play an important protective role in T2DM. Aerobic exercises has been shown to improve cardiorespiratory fitness in T2DM patients. The study focuses on the effectiveness of Nordic walking versus treadmill walking to improve cardiorespiratory fitness in type 2 diabetes patients. Methodology: 40 type 2 diabetes patients with age group between 45-65 years were included. They were randomly allocated in 2 groups. Group A received Nordic walking program and Group B received treadmill walking program. In this study blood sugar was measured by fasting blood sugar, cardiorespiratory fitness was measured by 6-minute walk test and rockpot fitness walking test, quality of life was measured by SF36 health questionnaire before and after 8 weeks of intervention. Result: Result were statistically analyzed using t test using SPSS 26. There was a significant improvement at p<0.05 in group A and group B. In between Group analysis there was more significant improvement in FBS, 6MWT, ROCKPOT and SF36 at p < 0.001 in Group A than Group B. Conclusion: This study showed that there is a positive effect of Nordic walking program and treadmill walking program to increase cardiorespiratory fitness in type 2 diabetes patients. But Group A showed greater significant difference as compared to Group B. Nordic walking program is more favorable when compared to treadmill walking program to improved cardiorespiratory fitness, blood sugar and health related quality of life. Keywords: Type 2 diabetes, cardiorespiratory fitness, blood sugar, quality of life, Nordic walking, treadmill walking, FBS, 6MWT, ROCKPOT, SF36
Publication date: 01/11/2024

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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2024/13.11.8434