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Table 2 Effects of eccentric training on overweight and obese patients

From: Effect of Eccentric Exercise on Metabolic Health in Diabetes and Obesity

Subjects

Eccentric intervention

Additional

group

Effect on primary

outcomes

Study

Sex

na

Severity of disease

Type

Duration of sessions

Intensity

Frequency of sessions,

duration

Overweight women

22

(11)

BMI: 25–33

Eccentric exercise of knee extensors with isokinetic dynamometer Cybex Norm

55’

1 session consisting of 5 × 15 eccentric max voluntary contractions

1 session

-

Lean group

serum TG↓, serum CHOL↓, LDL↓, HDL↓, resting energy expenditure↑, peak torque↓, pain-free range of movement↓, DOMS↑, CK↑

[62]

Elderly overweight and obese women

78

(14)

(16)

Age: ≥ 60 yr

Isotonic exercises

50’

–

3x/

week

for 12

weeks

Appropriate weight control,

appropriate weight, trained

overweight control,

obese control

BW↓, body fat↓, fat mass↓, lean mass↑

[63]

Elderly obese women

30

(15)

Age: 60–82 yr

Obesity: body fat ≥ 30%

Descending stair walking

Progressive from 2–24 repetitions, increasing the number of repetitions 2/week

110 stairs/repetitions (17 cm/stairs) (1 s/step velocity)

2x/

week

for 12

weeks

Ascending stair walking group

HR↓, systolic blood pressure↓, serum glucose↓, serum insulin↓, HOMA↓, HbA1c↓, OGTT↓, serum TG↓, serum CHOL↓, LDL↓, HDL↑

[64]

Male (12) and female (12) obese adolescents

24

Age: 12–16 yr

Obesity: BMI > 90 percentile

Eccentric cycling (Cyclus2 Eccentric Recumbent; RBM elektronik automation; MSE Medical, Duttlenheim, France

Phase1: 2 weeks habituation, 10–30’

Phase2: 45’ sessions

(10’ wu, 30’ tr, 5’ cd)

Phase3: 45’ sessions

(10’ wu, 30’ tr, 5’ cd)

Phase1:

if duration reached 30 min, intensity increased from VO2peak 20% to 50%

Phase2: VO2peak 50%

Phase3: VO2peak 70%

3x/

week

for 12

weeks

Concentric cycling

Body weight ↓, BMI ↓, Waist circumference ↓, Hip circumference ↓, Fat mass ↓, Lean mass ↑, Whole-body fat mass (kg) ↓, Leg lean mass (kg) ↑, Leg lean mass (%) ↑, Leg fat mass (kg) ↓, Leg fat mass (%) ↓, Trunk lean mass (kg) ↓, Trunk lean mass (%) ↑, Trunk fat mass (kg) ↓, Trunk fat mass (kg) ↓, VO2peak ↑, Pmax ↑, Quadriceps strength ↑, Insulin ↓, Glucose ↓, HOMA-IR ↓

[43]

Male (16) and female (18) obese adolescents

34

(11)

Age: 12–16 yr

Obesity: BMI > 90 percentile

Eccentric cycling (Cyclus2 Eccentric Recumbent; RBM elektronik automation; MSE Medical, Duttlenheim, France

Phase 1: 2 weeks habituation, 10–30’

Phase 2: 45’ sessions

(10’ wu, 30’ tr, 5’ cd)

Phase 3: 45’ sessions

(10’ wu, 30’ tr, 5’ cd)

Phase1:

if duration reached 30 min, intensity increased from VO2peak 20% to 50%

Phase2: VO2peak 50%

Phase3: VO2peak 70%

3x/

week

for 12

weeks

Control and concentric cycling group

Body weight ↓, BMI ↓, whole-body lean mass (kg) ↓, whole-body lean mass (%) ↓, whole-body fat (kg) ↓, Leg lean mass (%) ↑, Leg fat mass (kg) ↑, Leg fat mass (%) ↓, isometric peak torque ↑, BMD ↑, BMC ↑

[65]

Male (11) and female (12) obese adolescents

23

(11)

Age: 12–16 yr

Obesity: BMI > 90 percentile

Eccentric cycling (Cyclus2 Eccentric Recumbent; RBM elektronik automation; MSE Medical, Duttlenheim, France

Phase1: 2 weeks habituation, 10–30’

Phase2: 45’ sessions

(10’ wu, 30’ tr, 5’ cd)

Phase3: 45’ sessions

(10’ wu, 30’ tr, 5’ cd)

Phase1:

if duration reached 30 min, intensity increased from VO2peak 20% to 50%

Phase2: VO2peak 50%

Phase3: VO2peak 70%

3x/

week

for 12

weeks

Concentric cycling

Body weight ↓, BMI ↓, whole-body lean mass (%) ↑, whole-body fat (%) ↓, Total VSP-A ↑, Physical well-being ↑, Energy-vitality ↑

[66]

Male (12) and female (12) obese adolescents

24

Age: 12–16 yr

Obesity: BMI > 90 percentile

Eccentric cycling (Cyclus2 Eccentric Recumbent; RBM elektronik automation; MSE Medical, Duttlenheim, France

Multidisciplinary intervention

Phase1: 2 weeks habituation, 10–30’

Phase2:45’ sessions

(10’ wu, 30’ tr, 5’ cd)

Phase3: 45’ sessions

(10’ wu, 30’ tr, 5’ cd)

60 min

Phase 1:

if duration reached 30 min, intensity increased fromVO2peak 20% to 50%

Phase 2: VO2peak 50%

Phase 3: VO2peak 70%

1x/

week,

3x/

week

for 12

weeks

Concentric cycling

BW↓, BMI↓, fat mass↓, hunger↓, desire to eat↓, preference for fat food↑, preference for sweet food↓

[67]

Men 20 (10)

Overweight

High-intensity eccentric interval cycling training

4 repetitions of 5:

2 min work-to-rest ratio training

80% of peak concentric power output

3/week

for 2 weeks

High-intensity concentric interval cycling training

serum cholesterol ↓, LDL ↓, heart rate ↓, systolic blood pressure ↓

[68]

Men 22 (10)

Overweight or obese

Eccentric resistance training, squat, hip and knee flexion,

4 sets of 8 repetition per session

For the eccentric protocol, the flexion was performed during 5 s while extension 1 s

3/week

for 4 weeks

Concentric resistance training

waist circumference ↓, systolic blood pressure ↓, rate pressure product ↓

[69]

Male or female

Overweight

Eccentric resistance training with dynamic resistance training machines

2–3 sets of 10–12 repetitions

75% of one repetition maximum

4/week

for 12 weeks

Concentric resistance training

lean body mass ↑, heart rate ↓,

[70]

  1. BMC: bone mineral content, BMD: body mass density, BMI: body mass index, BW: body weight, cd: cooling down, CHOL: cholesterol, CK: creatine kinase, DOMS: delayed onset muscle soreness, HDL: high-density lipoprotein, HOMA, HOMA-IR: homeostasis model assessment—insulin resistance, LDL: low-density lipoprotein, se: serum, tr: training, TG: triglyceride VSP-A: 'Vécu et Santé Perçue des Adolescents' (VSP-A) questionnaire is a French generic self-administered health-related quality of life (HRQL) questionnaire, wu: warming up, yr: year old. ↑, and ↓indicate an increase and a decrease, respectively. a: number of total participants (participants in the eccentric group)