EXERCISE FOR PATIENT WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS: A LITERATURE REVIEW

Introduction: Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a group of metabolic diseases with characteristic hyperglycemia that occurs due to abnormalities in insulin secretion, insulin action or both. Hyperglycemia in the long term can lead to damage to blood vessels which blood vessels become narrowed causing organ damage such as kidney failure, diabetic retinopathy and diabetic foot as a result of blood vessels and nerve lesion, coronary heart disease, to stroke. One of the Diabetes Mellitus management is exercise. Based on the latest research, exercise had significant effect to type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. The aimed of this study was to examine the literature, journal articles and research related to exercise for type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Method: This was a literature review from database of national and international journals in google schoolar, Pubmed, Science Direct and Plos one with research topics restricted from 2010 to 2015 by using keywords. Result: There were 11 articles were selected that met the criteria. Most of the aerobic exercise based studies showed a beneficial effect in type 2 DM. Resistance exercise also proved to have positive effect on type 2 DM patients. Discussion: Aerobic exercise is more common in clinical practice compared to resistance exercise in managing T2DM. Keyword: exercise, physical activity, aerobic, resistance, type 2 Diabetes mellitu