Effect of aerobic exercise on endurance in children with type I diabetes mellitus / Soaad Mohamed Ibrahim Elomda ; Supervised Faten Hassan Abdelaziem , Mohsen Moustafa Moussa Khaled

Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Physical Therapy - Department of Growth and Development Disorders in Pediatrics

Background : Decrease in endurance in children is one of the challenging complications of diabetes mellitus. Purpose: to evaluate the effect of aerobic exercise on the endurance in children with type I diabetes mellitus. Subjects and methods: Thirty patients with type I diabetes mellitus from both sexes ranged from 8 to 11 years old. They were selected from Police Hospital at Nasr City. The study started in January 2016 to December 2016.the patients were divided randomly into control and study groups. Both groups were evaluated pre and post treatment by ADIVA 120 for blood glucose level (fasting blood glucose and post prandial blood glucose) and treadmill to evaluate endurance (distance& time). Treatment time was 40 minutes / 3 sessions per week/3 successive months. Control group received program as muscle strengthening exercise and study group received same regimen in addition to treadmill as a form of aerobic exercise. Results; Children in both groups were homogenous in the measured variables; fasting blood glucose , post prandial blood glucose , distance and time in pre-treatment . While comparison between pre and post treatment results for both groups the results showed significant improvement in all measured variable post treatment. Compare the post treatment results for control and study group the results showed significant improvement in the favor of study group. Conclusion: Aerobic exercise must add as a part of treatment program to improve the endurance of children with type I diabetes mellitus

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