Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of the included manuscripts
Author (year) | N° | Age (years) | Type of population | Type of intervention | Blood glucose assessment | Intervention length (weeks) | Stretch typology | Sets | Time (s) | Exercises (n) | Training frequency (d/w) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Agarwal et al. [12] | 40 | 48.9 ± 2.8 | T2D | Longitudinal | NR | 12 | PNF | 4 | 30 | NR | 3 |
Arsianti et al. [20] | 20 |  > 55 | T2D | Longitudinal | NR | 4 | P | 4 | 30 | 13 | 3 |
Botton et al. [29] | 26 | 69.7 ± 6.9 | T2D | Longitudinal | Canular cubital vein sample | 12 | P | NR | 30 | NR | 1 |
Elgayar et al. [30] | 50 | 64.9 ± 2.8 | T2D | Longitudinal | Finger prick hand-held glucometer | 12 | A or P | 4 | 30 | 8 | 3 |
Frank et al. [33] | 173 | 60.7 ± 6.7 | PM | Longitudinal | Canular forearm vein sample | 52 | NR | NR | NR | NR | 1 |
Gurudut and Rajan [31] | 51 | 55.4 ± 7.0 | T2D | Acute | Finger prick hand-held glucometer | 60 min | P | NR | 30 | 8 | – |
Kanaya et al. [13] | 180 | 54.0 ± 7.0 | MS | Longitudinal | Canular cubital vein sample after 2-h of a 75 g glucose load | 48 | P | 3 | 30 | 27 | 3 |
Mehta and Patil [32] | 44 | 40—65 | T2D | Acute | Finger prick hand-held glucometer | 60 min | P | 3 | 30 | 4 | – |
Moore et al. [36] | 40 | 70.0 ± 11.0 | Stroke | Longitudinal | Canular forearm vein sample after 2-h of a 75 g glucose load | 19 | NR | NR | NR | NR | 3 |
Nelson et al. [34] | 22 | 47.0 ± 10.0 | T2D or at risk | Acute | Finger prick hand-held glucometer | 40 min | P | 4 | 30 | 10 | – |
Park [35] | 15 | 49.6 ± 5.2 | T2D | Longitudinal | Canular cubital vein sample | 8 | P | 4 | 30 | 8 | 3 |
Solomen et al. [37] | 20 | 60.9 ± 3.1 | T2D | Acute | NR | 40 min | A or P | 4 | 45 | 8 | – |
Taheri et al. [39] | 50 | 50.7 ± 4.8 | T2D | Acute | Finger prick hand-held glucometer | 20 min | P | 4 | 30 | 10 | – |
Total/mean | 731 | 56.7 ± 6.1 | – | – |  | 14.2 | – | 3.8 | 31.4 | 10.7 | 2.5 |