Introduction: This study aimed to investigate the effect of aerobic training (AT) and aged garlic extract (AGE) supplementation on plasma fetuin-A levels and insulin resistance. Materials and Methods: Forty male Sprague-Dawley rats were exposed to high-fat (n=32) and standard (n=8) diets for 9 weeks. Obesity induced in the high-fat diet group and they were divided into 4 subgroups: the obese co...

    Introduction : visfatin is a protein with insulin-like functions that secretes from adipose tissue and has been linked to obesity and insulin resistance, but the effect of exercise training on visfatin levels is unknown. The purpose of study was to compare the effect of aerobic and resistance training on plasma visfatin levels in type 2 diabetic women.   Material and Methods : 45 women with...

Homocysteine and insulin resistance in postmenoupausal women rises due to decrease in estrogen, low mobility and weight gain which increase the cardiovascular diseases. The aim of this study was to examine the effects of aerobic exercise training status on response of homocysteine and insulin resistance to aerobic exercise in active and nonactive obese postmenopausal women. Therefore, 21 obese ...

Introduction: Progranulin (PGRN) has been recently introduced as a new indicator of chronic inflammatory response in type 2 diabetes. The present study aimed to investigate the effect of combined training on serum levels of progranulin, glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c), and insulin resistance in overweight and obese women with type 2 diabetes. Materials and Methods: A total of 36 women were divi...

Introdution: The cells rolled in the formation of bone, regulated glucose metabolism, and increased insulin secretion from pancreatic beta cells and modulated the insulin resistance. Therefore, the present study aimed to study the effects of aerobic and resistance exercises on relation between blood biochemical parameters and body composition with bone turnover markers in overweight men. Metho...

Introduction: The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of twelve weeks of combined exercise training on CTRP3, TNF-α, IL6 and insulin resistance in women with type 2 diabetes. Materials and Methods: Thirty-six patients were divided into three groups, i.e. The control group (38.20±3.11 years), the aerobic-resistance combined exercise group(37.63±3.69 year) and the resistanc...

abstract although music possesses some kind of power and using it has been welcome by many students in language classrooms, it seems that they take a non-serious image of the lesson while listening to songs and they may think that it is a matter of fun. the main objective of the present study was to investigate whether learning a foreign language through musical texts (songs) can have an impac...

language learning courseware has been receiving growing attention by english educators since its advent. a variety of softwares have been designed by software designers and resorted to by language educators to supplement language textbooks. this experimental study investigated how the application of computerized version of language textbooks and the reception of the entire course through comput...