Effect of pilates exercise on cardio metabolic risk factors in patients with type 2 diabetes / Yasmin Mohamed Abdelmonim ; Supervised Nesreen Ghareeb Elnahas , Sally Adelhakem

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

The aim of this study was to determine the effect of pilates exercises on cardio metabolic risk factors in patients with type 2 diabetes . Forty type 2 diabetic women, their mean age from (35{u2013} 55) years and mean BMI from (30-35) Kg/ m2. They were assigned into two equal groups A and B. Each of them consisted of 20 participants; Group A enrolled into Pilates exercise program, and Group B received their medical treatment only .The study lasted for 12 weeks at a frequency of 3 sessions per week. Evaluation included, weight, height, body mass index, glycalated hemoglobin (HbA1c) ,blood pressure (systole , diastole) , lipid profile and waist hip ratio (WHR) .All parameters were measured before and after program. Results showed a significant decrease HbA1c (8.35% in study group , 4.16% in controlled group) ,TC (10.57% in study group,1.69% in controlled group) ,TG (11.98% in study group,4,93% in controlled group) and TG\HDL ratio (17.96% in study group ,4.15 % in controlled group) in both groups, significant decrease systolic blood pressure (9.1%) , diastolic blood pressure (11.89) , LDL (17.03) , WHR (9.13%) and significant increase HDL (7.96%) in study group.Non significant change systolic blood pressure (0.92%) ,diastolic blood pressure(0.68%) , LDL (1.24%) ,HDL (1.17%) , and WHR (0.1%) in controlled group , with significant difference between both groups in blood pressure (systole ,diastole) ,lipid profile and waist hip ratio (WHR) , in the favor of pilates exercises

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