Effect of Aerobic Exercise and Natural Extract on TNF (a) in Women with Metabolic Syndrome
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Effect of Aerobic Exercise and Natural Extract on TNF (a) in Women with Metabolic Syndrome, AHMED A.A. EL-KERDAWEY, AWNY F. RAHMY, GIHAN S. MOHAMED, NAGWA M. AMMAR and MAHMOUD A.M. NEIAZY
Abstract
Background and Purpose: Aerobic training and natural extract (green tea) for women with metabolic syndrome improves the level of Tumor Necrosis Factor (a), exercise capacity, restores endothelial function and skeletal muscle changes. The effects of three months aerobic exercise training and natural extract on inflammatory cytokines (tumor necrosis factor (a)) in women with metabolic syndrome were studied.
Patients and Methods: Sixty women diagnosed as meta-bolic syndrome patients as a result of some metabolic and cardiovascular diseases with age of 40-50 years were included in the present study. Their Body Mass Index (BMI) (30- 39.9kg/m2). They were randomly divided into three equal groups, Group (A) who participated in a program of aerobic exercise in the form of treadmill walking (4 times per a week) for 30min and drank 5 cups of the water extract of the green tea leaves daily, Group (B) who participated only in the same program of aerobic exercise as Group (A), and Group (C) who drank the same green tea extract in the same manner as Group (A) but without application of any aerobic exercise at all. The study was conducted from May 2015 till August 2015, at PT Department of El-Monira Hospital in Cairo.
The biochemical changes in inflammatory markers [tumor necrosis factor (a)] were measured at the beginning of the study and after twelve weeks.
Results: Showed that a program of aerobic exercise training and water extract of green tea had highly significant effect to decrease TNF (a) in Group (A) as this group had significant reduction by (42%) while Group (B) showed reduction by (20.45%) and in Group (C) by (21.88%).
Conclusion: It was concluded that a program of aerobic training combined with green tea had the most statistically significant reduction in TNF (a) in metabolic syndrome women.