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

Introduction and Aim of study: Obesity and type II diabetes are diseases that can substantially decrease life expectancy, diminish quality of life and increase health care costs. The aim of this study was to find out the effect of electroacupuncture with low calorie diet on leptin hormone, fasting blood glucose (FBG) and body mass index in women with diabesity. Subjects and methodology: Forty obese type I diabetic women with ages ranged from 40-50 years old, were diagnosed as class I obesity, and their fasting blood glucose levels were between 126-160mg/dl ,they were selected from obesity clinic in Agouza rheumatology and rehabilitation armed forces center and divided randomly into two equal groups (in number). Group A (study group) received low-calorie diet (1000 Kcal/ day) and electro-acupuncture sessions for 3 sessions per week, each session take 30 minutes for eight weeks. Group B (control group) received low calorie diet (1000 Kcal/ day) only for eight weeks. The study was performed from (August 2015 to April 2016).The BMI, leptin hormone and fasting blood glucose were measured before and after the program. Results:- this study showed significant improvement for group (A) and (B) in leptin hormone (32.53%{u2193}, 17.89%{u2193}), BMI (11.2 %{u2193}, 6.3 %{u2193}), FBG (16.83 %{u2193}, 12.47{u2193}) respectively. The study group is more improved than control group. Conclusion:-All of These findings suggested that electroacupuncture with low calorie diet is an effective tool to decrease fasting blood glucose levels and BMI and this effect may be mediated, in part, by decreasing of leptin hormone

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