The Effect of Long-Term Resistance Training on Growth Factors and Plasma Insulin in Two Severely Burned Patients

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of 8 months of resistance training on GH, IGF1 and plasma insulin levels of patients with severe burns. The research method used was the case study with multiple base-lines for participants. The participants included two women with severe burns (age range of 20-30 years) in the “Accidents and Burns Hospital”. After determining the baseline, participants performed resistance training during 8 months of individual intervention and one month after this period, they were put under follow-up examinations for 2 consecutive months. The blood samples were collected under the fasting condition 24 hours after training at the end of each month. Based on the visual analysis, the resistance training in both participants caused changes (PND = 75% for the first participant in GH and 87.5% for the second participant, PND = 100% for both participants in IGF1 and PND = 62.5% for the first participant in insulin and 50% for the second participant). It seems that long-term resistance training can improve hormones and growth factor in patients with severe burns and consequently can expedite the treatment of the burns.