Abstract:BACKGROUND: Physical activity plays an important role in management and preventing complications of type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM). Effectiveness of Pilates on DM showed that there was improvement in glucose control. Presently, resistance training forms are becoming very popular for weight loss and DM. Calisthenics is a relatively new form of resistance exercise training that has been less studied in obese and diabetic individuals. STUDY PURPOSE: To evaluate and compare the effect of Calisthenics and Pilates tr… Show more
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