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Does a short bout of stair climbing-descending exercise accelerate the decrease in blood glucose concentrations in middle-aged sedentary men with impaired glucose tolerance?
Does a short bout of stair climbing-descending exercise accelerate the decrease in blood glucose concentrations in middle-aged sedentary men with impaired glucose tolerance?
A brief 6-minute bout of stair climbing after a meal can effectively reduce postprandial hyperglycemia in sedentary middle-aged men with impaired glucose tolerance.
May support post-meal stair exercise to reduce hyperglycemia in impaired glucose tolerance; leaves open generalizability and durability.
Exercise is a useful modality to ameliorate postprandial hyperglycemia. Here we show that a short bout (∼6 min) of stair climbing-descending exercise (STAIR) starting at 90 min after meal accelerates the decrease in blood glucose concentrations in middle-aged sedentary men with impaired glucose tolerance, although STAIR is easy to perform and keeps the exercise intensity at a moderate level.
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