ArticleBMJ open sport & exercise medicine2018
Accumulated or continuous exercise for glycaemic regulation and control: a systematic review with meta-analysis.
Article in BMJ open sport & exercise medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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- Endurance exercise intervention reduces vegetable intake which compromises the achievement of glycemic benefit: a randomized controlled, three-period crossover trial.Nutrition & diabetes · 2026Trial
- A comparison of continuous, interval, and accumulated workouts with equalized exercise volume: excess post-exercise oxygen consumption in women.BMC women's health · 2024Trial
- Time spent in hypoglycemia is comparable when the same amount of exercise is performed 5 or 2 days weekly: a randomized crossover study in people with type 1 diabetes.BMJ open diabetes research & care · 2021Trial
- Exercise Snacks and Acute Postprandial Glucose and Insulin Metabolism: An Umbrella Review and De Novo Meta-Analysis.Metabolites · 2026Review
- Hormonal and Glycemic Responses During and After Constant- and Alternating-Intensity Exercise.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Physiology of sedentary behavior.Physiological reviews · 2023Review
- [Energy metabolism of the immune system : Consequences in chronic inflammation].Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie · 2023Review
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- Exercise and Osteoarthritis.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2020Review
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Abstract
objectiveTo compare the effectiveness of accumulating exercise in multiple bouts of at least 10 min throughout a day with exercise completed in a single bout (continuous or interval), or no exercise, on glycaemic control and regulation in inactive people without diagnosed glycaemic dysfunction.
designSystematic review and meta-analysis. DATA SOURCES: Seven electronic databases were searched: CINAHL (EBSCO), Cochrane Library, EMBASE (Ovid), MEDLINE 1948-(Ovid), SCOPUS (Elsevier), SPORTDiscus (EBSCO) and Web of Science (ISI) with no restrictions on date and included all titles indexed up to February 2018. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR SELECTING STUDIES: Articles reporting insufficiently active adults (19 to 64 years) without metabolic dysfunction, measuring glycaemic control or regulation following at least 6 weeks of aerobic exercise.
resultsOnly one study compared accumulated exercise to single-bout exercise with no significant effect on fasting glucose (95% CI: -0.04 to 0.24 mmol·L SUMMARY/
conclusionThe glycaemic response to accumulated exercise or single-bout exercise might not be different, however exercise intensity might influence the mechanisms generating the response. PROSPERO REGISTRATION NUMBER: CRD42015025042.
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