Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Physical Therapy - Department of Physical Therapy for Gynecology and Obstetrics

his study was conducted to determine the effect of diurnal variation of aerobic exercise on hypertension and lipid profile in postmenopausal women. Forty five hypertensive postmenopausal women aged from 50 to 60 years, were divided randomly into three groups equal in number. Group (A) 15 patients received antihypertensive medication (angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors) once daily for 3 months group (B) 15 patients performed morning aerobic exercises (9.00-11.00 am) for 30 min., 3 days/week for 3 months and received (angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors) once daily and group (C) 15 patients who performed evening aerobic exercises (8.00-10.00 pm) for 30 min.3 days/week for 3 months and received (angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors) once daily. Blood pressure (BP) measurement and lipid profile test were performed before and after the study. The results showed that there was a highly statistical significant difference between all groups (A, B and C) in systolic and diastolic BP post treatment as the P value for all of them were (0.001) favoring group (C).Also there was a statistical significant difference between all groups (A, B and C) in HDL, LDL, TG and cholesterol levels post treatment as the P value were (0.011), (0.046), (0.011) and (0.046) respectively favoring group(C) except for TG favoring group(B) . So it could be concluded that aerobic exercise done at the evening was more effective in lowering the blood pressure and improving lipid profile than that performed at the morning

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