A randomized controlled trial on the effects of combined aerobic-resistance exercise on muscle strength and fatigue, glycemic control and health-related quality of life of type 2 diabetes patients

Aim: to evaluate the effects of a 12-weeks combined aerobic-resistance exercise therapy on fatigue and isokinetic muscle strength, glycemic control and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in moderately affected type 2 diabetes (T2DM) patients. Methods: a randomized controlled trial design was employed. Forty-three T2DM patients were assigned to an exercise group (n = 22), performing 3 weekly sessions of 60 minutes of combined aerobic-resistance exercise for 12-weeks; or a no exercise control group (n = 21). Both groups were evaluated at a baseline and after 12-weeks of exercise therapy for: 1) muscle strength and fatigue by isokinetic dynamometry; 2) plasma glycated hemoglobin A1C (HbA1C); and 3) HRQoL utilizing the SF-36 questionnaire. Results: the exercise therapy led to improvements in muscle fatigue in knee extensors (-55%) and increased muscle strength in knee flexors and extensors (+15 to +30%), while HbA1C decreased (-18%). In addition, the exercising patients showed sizeable improvements in HRQoL: physical function (+53%), vitality (+21%) and mental health (+40%). Conclusion: 12-weeks of combined aerobic-resistance exercise was highly effective to improve muscle strength and fatigue, glycemic control and several aspects of HRQoL in T2DM patients. These data encourage the use of aerobic and resistance exercise in the good clinical care of T2DM.

Patologia e clínica de equinos

O presente relatório de conclusão do curso de Mestrado Integrado em Medicina Veterinária da Universidade de Évora, refere-se ao período de estágio curricular obrigatório que decorreu na Clínica Equifort, em Fortaleza, Brasil, na área Patologia e Clínica de Equinos. Numa primeira fase é feita uma descrição das atividades desenvolvidas onde se apresenta a casuística acompanhada durante o estágio, que inclui atividades em diversas áreas como medicina desportiva, clínica médica, clínica reprodutiva, clínica cirúrgica e clínica hospitalar. Numa segunda fase desenvolve-se uma monografia onde se caracterizam as lesões radiográficas de membros anteriores de cavalos de desporto, e por fim são apresentados cinco casos clínicos; ABSTRACT: EQUINE PATHOLOGY AND CLINICAL The present report refers to curricular internship, integrated on the master degree in veterinary medicine at the University of Évora, that took place at the Clinic Equifort in Fortaleza, Brazil, in the área of Equine Pathology and Clinical. Initially a description of the activities accompanied during the internship is given which includes activities in areas such as sports medicine, internal medicine, reprodution and surgery. In a second part a monograph is developd with the characterization of radiographic injuries in forelimbs of sport’s horses, and finally five clinical cases are presented.

Clínica e cirurgia de equinos

O presente relatório de estágio, elaborado como etapa final do curso de Mestrado Integrado de Medicina Veterinária na Universidade de Évora, refere-se ao estágio curricular realizado na Clínica Equicare – Serviços Médico-Veterinários Lda., em Coimbra, Portugal, no âmbito da clínica e cirurgia de equinos. Este encontra-se dividido em três partes, onde, numa primeira fase se realiza uma descrição da casuística observada durante os seis meses de estágio, inseridas nas áreas de controlo e clínica reprodutiva, medicina preventiva e identificação equina, clínica médica e clínica cirúrgica. De seguida, realiza-se uma monografia sobre a doença degenerativa articular da extremidade distal de equinos e, por fim, uma apresentação de quatro casos clínicos onde se detetava a presença da mesma; EQUINE CLINICS AND SURGERY ABSTRACT: The present report was carried out as the final step of the Master of Science degree in Veterinary Medicine at the University of Évora and refers to the curricular externship held at the Equicare Clinic in Coimbra, Portugal, performed in Equine Clinics and Surgery. The report is divided in three parts, where initially takes place a casuistic analysis of the followed activities and clinical cases during the six month period of the externship, set in the areas of reproductive clinics, preventive medicine and equine identification, internal medicine and surgery. Afterwords a literature review about Degenerative Joint Disease of the distal limb in horses is performed and, finally, four clinical cases, about this same disease, are presented.