TY  - BOOK
AU  - Heba Ali Abedelgaphare
AU  - Amir Mohamed Morsy Saleh , 
AU  - Mahmood Haffez Alam Eldin , 
AU  - Zahra Mohamed Hassan Serry , 
TI  - Cupping therapy versus theraputic exercises for patients of osteoporosis / 
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Cairo : 
PB  - Heba Ali Abedelgaphare , 
KW  - Cupping therapy
KW  - Osteoporosis
KW  - Therapeutic exercise
N1  - Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Physical Therapy - Department of Physical Therapy for Cardiopulmonary and Geriatrics Disorders; Issued also as CD
N2  - The aim of this study was to investigate and compare between the effectiveness of cupping therapy versus exercisetraining inosteoporotic postmenopausalwomen. Forty five postmenopausal women participated in this study, postmenopausal for at least fiveyears; with BMI less than 33kg / m2 were selected from the orthopaedicout - patient clinic of EL Helal Hospital. All patients were revalued for bone mineral parameters (density and content) by DEXA pre-treatment andafter six months(posttreatment). all patients weretokening medical treatment (Vit D and calcium) for six months. The patientswere divided into three groups equal in number. (Group A) fifteen women received cupping treatment for six months, session every month with the regularmedical treatment. (Group B) fifteen women received exercise training program for duration of 30 minutes each session, three session per week for six months with the regular medical treatment, and ( Group C) fifteenwomen has only regular medical treatment for six months
ER  -