Abstract
Diabetes mellitus is one of the largest global health emergencies of the 21th century. Each year more and more people live with this condition, which can result in life-changing complications. This study was designed to find out the effect of resistance training on T-lymphocytes, HbA1c% and cortisol hormone in type 2 diabetic patients. Sixty patients with type 2 diabetes. Their Age ranged from 40-50 years old, the duration diabetes mellitus was 4to7 years, Patients were of both sex. BMI between (25-34.9) kg/m(2), their HbA1c was not exceed 8%. The evaluation of serum cortisol level, T-lymphocytes (CD4) % and glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) % was done before and after the study period for each patient. Patients were classified randomly into two groups, equal in number. (Control group, Group A) and (study group, Group B). Group (A) received their hypoglycemic drugs only. Study group (B) participated in 12 weeks resisted training program (3 sessions per week) in addition to oral hypoglycemic. Results showed a significant difference between (GA) comparing with the (GB) in post training values of serum cortisol level, T-lymphocytes (CD4) and Glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) in favor of group (G B). So, it could be concluded that resistance training for 12 weeks in a diabetic patients caused significant increase in values of T-lymphocytes (CD4), and a significant decrease in serum cortisol level and glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c). So this type of exercise must be provided to diabetics to improve their quality of life.