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1. Institute of Cardiovascular Research and Sport Medicine, German Sport University Cologne, 50933 Cologne, Germany
2. Department of Fitness & Health, IST University of Applied Sciences, 40233 Düsseldorf, Germany
Interests: exercise; sport; metabolic diseases; diabetes

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Dear Colleagues,

Physical exercise interventions have been shown to positively affect patients with metabolic diseases by improving their glycemic control, lipid metabolism, cardiovascular health, and well-being. Identifying sustainable therapeutic approaches to treat metabolic diseases as efficiently as possible poses one of many challenges. New effective strategies that can enhance adaptations and increase patients’ adherence to exercise programs are strongly sought after.

This Special Issue, “Exercise-Based Strategies to Fight Metabolic Diseases”, aims to provide insights into innovative training concepts to manage metabolic diseases and their complications.

Authors are encouraged to submit papers on innovative training strategies in this field. Pioneering pilot studies may also be accepted for publication as well as state-of-the-art reviews.

Potential topics include but are not limited to:

Whole body vibration training;
Exergaming;
Hypoxia/hyperoxia training;
Electrical myostimulation (EMS) training;
Blood flow restriction training;
Use of wearable technology.

Prof. Dr. Christian Brinkmann
Guest Editor

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From Zero to Hero: Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients Hike on the Way of St. James—A Feasibility Study with Analyses of Patients’ Quality of Life, Diabetes Distress and Glucose Profile

by Frederike Maria Meuffels, Hans-Peter Kempe, Ulrike Becker, Martin Kornmann, Stephan Kress, Thorsten Kreutz and Christian Brinkmann

Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(2), 1417; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ijerph20021417 - 12 Jan 2023

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This study investigates the feasibility of an accompanied 5-day hiking tour (Way of St. James) for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients and its impact on their quality of life/well-being, diabetes distress and glucose profile. Twenty-three T2DM patients (with and without insulin therapy) participated in the study. The 120 km pilgrimage (from Ferrol to Santiago de Compostela, Spain) was accompanied by three physicians, two diabetes counselors and one sports scientist. Quality of life/well-being was assessed by the World Health Organization’s (WHO)-5 questionnaire, and diabetes distress was evaluated based on the Problem Areas in Diabetes (PAID) scale. The glucose levels of six insulin-treated patients were measured using continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) devices, considering that insulin-treated patients can be at increased risk of exercise-induced hypoglycemia. A significant improvement in quality of life/well-being was reported (p < 0.001), while diabetes distress did not change significantly (p = 0.203). Only two of the six insulin-treated patients showed moderate hypoglycemic episodes between 0.97% and 5.21% time below range per day, with glucose levels between 53–70 mg/dL. Hiking tours such as the one organized for this study can improve quality of life/well-being without increasing diabetes distress and are considered relatively safe for T2DM patients, even for those being treated with insulin. Full article

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Regular Tennis Exercise May Improve the Vascular Endothelial Function in Postmenopausal Women: The Influence of Hemodynamics

by Weifeng Pan, Lijing Gong, Guoan Xiao, Lantian Zhang, Yiran Xiao and Chunyan Xu

Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(23), 15749; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ijerph192315749 - 26 Nov 2022

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Physical inactivity plays a role in the incidence of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Although the current guidelines for physical activity, such as the prescription of exercise, seek to combat CVD, attaining the recommended targets remains challenging. Tennis exercise has been proven to have a unique advantage in reducing the mortality of CVD, but little is known about the influence of playing tennis on impaired vascular endothelial function (VEF), which initiates CVD. Thus, this study aimed to investigate whether regular tennis participation could protect the VEF better than merely meeting the physical activity recommended by the current guidelines. A cross-sectional design was performed based on a sample of 38 healthy postmenopausal women who were matched for physical activity, of which 17 subjects had long-term tennis experience and 21 age-matched subjects regularly exercised but did not play tennis. The cardiovascular function and the body composition of all subjects were measured. We used cluster analysis to assess the overall health status. The modeling results showed that the tennis players performed better in terms of VEF than the nonplayers (10.55 ± 0.58 vs. 8.69 ± 0.52, p < 0.01, R²_ad = 0.367), while the wall shear stress positively correlated with VEF (r = 0.505, p < 0.05), after controlling for age and physical activity levels. Regular tennis exercise may be a protective factor for VEF, and further study should be performed to research the role of hemodynamics in tennis exercise. Full article

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