Effect of cupping versus aerobic exercise on lipid profile in patients With type2 diabetes / Amr Moukhtar Elsayed ; Supervised Azza Abdelsamad Abdelhady , Samy Abdelsamad Nassef , Ashraf Abelfetoh

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

Background and purpose:the risk of coronary heart disease is increased with diabetic patients , however the prediction of CHD can be detected early if lipoprotein level is elevated. Theaim of this study was To compare the effect of cupping therapy and aerobic ex's on lipid profile (Triglycrides, total cholesterol, High density lipoprotien, Low density lipoprtien) in patients with type2 diabetes. Subjects and methods: twenty patients of both sexes (8 women and 12 men) with type2 diabetes mellitus participated in this study with an age range of (35 to 55). the two groups were matched in level of diabetes and regular in diabetic treatment. They were chosen from out patient clinic, Borg El Arab Hospital and randomly divided into two equalgroups in number, (Group A): (cupping group) 10 patients were received cupping session for one time (group B) (Exercise group ) 10 patients participated in aerobic exercise training program (treadmill training 3 days a week for 4 weeks). Results: Cupping therapy had significantly improved S.cholesterol ({u2193}) by 12.57% , LDL({u2193}) by 11.02%, HDL({u2191}) by 6.18% , but no significance difference on other , parameter. Exercise training had significantly improve FG({u2193}) by 6.82%. S. Cholesterol({u2193}) by 1.87 %, HDL({u2191}) by 3.10 % but no significant difference on other parameters. Conclusion: it was concluded that cupping and aerobic execise have some beneficial effects on lipid profile in diabetic patients and is recommended to be described with other diabetic treatment

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