Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Physical Therapy - Department of Physical Therapy for Cardiopulmonary and Geriatrics Disorders

The purpose: to compare the effect of interval aerobic exercise versus cupping therapy on essential hypertensive women Subject and methods:Thirty hypertensive women patients their age between(30:40) years old. They were diagnosed with specialized physician as stage I essential hypertension (140:160mmHg Systole), (90:100mmHg Diastole).Subjects were recruited from internal medicine out-patient clinic at Internal Medicine Department at Ain Shams General Hospital and in Al Safwa outpatient clinic.The study started from January 2014 to December 2016. Patients were randomly assigned into two equal groups. Group (A) fifteen hypertensive women received aerobic intervalexercise 15:20 min for session three times per week for a month, Group (B) fifteen hypertensive women received one cupping therapy session (20 Minutes) on six points in the neck and back at the beginning of a study month . Results:There was significant reduction of systolic blood pressureat post treatment in compare to pre-treatment and this mean there was improvement of systolic blood pressure in group (A):13.79%. and group (B):11.5 %., In spite of there was no statistical significant difference between group (A) and group (B), there was clinical difference and high improvement in favor to group (A). There was improvement of diastolic blood pressure in group (A):11.96 %and group (B):13.19%.In spite of there was no statistical significant difference between group (A) and group (B), there was clinical difference and high percent of improvement in favor to group B

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