Effect of aerobic exercises versus resistive exercises on endothelial function in postmenopausal women with atherosclerosis / Soha Mohamed Awaad Mohamed Eltalawy ; Supervised Mohamed Ahmed Mohamed Awad , Hesham Mohamed Elghazaly , Afaf Mohamed Mahmoud

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

This study was conducted to investigate and compare the effect of aerobic exercises and resistive exercises on endothelial function in postmenopausal women with atherosclerosis. Forty postmenopausal women complaining of atherosclerosis selected randomly from outpatient clinic of gynecology department of El Kasr El-Ainy university hospital in Cairo shared in this study. Their ages were ranged from 45 to 60 years. Their BMI were ranged from 24 to 31 kg/m². Women who are suffering from diabetes, anemia, dyslipidemia, renal failure, myocardial infarction, myasthenia gravis, hyperthyroidism, hemorrhage, acute viral disease, acute tuberculosis, mental disorders or those with pacemakers was excluded from the study. They were randomly divided into two equal groups: Group (A) who received aerobic exercises program via treadmill 30-40 minutes 3 times/weak for 8 weeks. Group (B) who received resistive exercises program via theraband 30 minutes 3 times/weak for 8 weeks. Blood pressure was measured by sphygmomanometer and arterial diameter was measured by Doppler ultrasound for both groups A and B before and after treatment. The results showed that there is a significant improvement in arterial diameter and both systolic and diastolic blood pressure in both groups A and B. Also the results showed no significant difference between both groups A and B pre and post treatment. It can be concluded that both aerobic exercises and resistive exercises have significant effect on endothelial function in postmenopausal women with atherosclerosis and there is no significant difference between their effects

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