Effect of moderate aerobic exercises on primary hypothyroidism in obese postmenopausal women / Nora Mahani Mostafa Mohamed ; Supervised Magda Sayed Morsy , Mohamed Fawzy Abu Elenin

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

This study was conducted to determine the effect of moderate aerobic exercises on primary hypothyroidism in obese postmenopausal women. Thirty obese postmenopausal women with primary hypothyroidism were participated in this study. They were referred from the outpatient clinic of internal medicine and outpatient clinic of obstetrics and gynecology in Bolak General Hospital. Their ages ranged from 50-55 years old with a mean value 51.83±1.7 years and their body mass index (BMI)was ranged from 30-35 kg/m2 with a mean value 31.6±1.62 kg/m2.All participants were randomly divided into two equal groups (A&B).Patients in group A(Control group) were treated by thyroxine tablets described for them by the physician and a low caloric diet program for 8 weeks, while patients in group B(Study group)were treated by thyroxine tablets and the same low caloric diet program as group(A) in addition to performing a moderate aerobic exercise program on a treadmill for 60 minutes, 5 days per week for 8 weeks. The moderate aerobic exercise program was divided into 3 intervals, 5 minutes warming up, 50 minutes walking on the treadmill at moderate intensity (70% of maximum heart rate) and 5 minutes cooling down. All patients in both groups (A&B) were evaluated by measuring body weight, body mass index, waist hip ratio, T3, T4, TSH hormones, total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein, low-density lipoprotein and triglycerides before starting and after the end of the treatment program

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