Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Physical Therapy - Department of Physical Therapy for Cardiopulmonary and Geriatrics Disorder

The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of aerobic and resisted exercise on body composition and optimal health. The study was done on forty Overweight women chosen randomly from employees in police hospital al agoza and dar el salam general hospital Cairo with body mass index (BMI) from 25 kg/m² to 29.9 kg/m²; apparently, they were free from disease their ages ranged from 50 to 60 years, the subjects were assigned into one group, they received caloric diet according to harris benedict equation, aerobic exercise (walking on treadmill), whole-body vibration and resisted exercise to both lower limbs , the study done for four months to each subject during the period from May 2016 till June 2017 in police hospital al agoza, initial evaluation to weight, BMI,muscle mass, fat mass, whole body water content, lower limbs muscle mass (right and left), 6 minutes' walk distance and optimal health questionnaire, was done, re-evaluation after two months of therapy and then final evaluation after four months of therapy , results showed that weight decreased by 4.75 kg , BMI decreased by 1.81 kg/m², muscle mass increased by 2.04 kg, fat mass decreased by 7.67 kg, whole body water content increased by 2.04 liter, right lower limb muscle mass increased by 0.45 kg, left lower limb muscle mass increased by 0.46 kg, 6 minutes' walk distance increased by 30.37 meter and optimal health questionnaire increased by 50.25 points at the end of the study calculated from mean and ±SD, so from this results diet, aerobic exercise, resisted exercise and whole-body vibration are effective means to improve body composition and optimal health for overweight women

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