Aerobic Exercises Versus Reflexology on Plasma Proteins' Levels in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients
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Aerobic Exercises Versus Reflexology on Plasma Proteins' Levels in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients, AHMED G. ABD EL-MONAIM, ZAHRA M. SERRY and MANAL A. MOHAMED
Abstract
Objective: To investigate the effect of aerobic exercises versus reflexology on plasma proteins' levels in chronic kidney disease patients with secondary hypertension.
Material and Methods: The study was performed at Al-Badrashin Hospital, Giza, Egypt, on 40 adult patients from both sexes (20 were treated with reflexology and 20 were enrolled in aerobic training). Patients are diagnosed clinically, by ultrasonic and blood analysis as chronic kidney diseased with secondary hypertension. Albumin, globulin, total proteins and albumin/globulin ratio were measured pre and post treat-ment. Aerobic exercise was conducted using treadmill. Re-flexology was applied on foot in kidney zone in the upper abdominal area, between the transverse waistline and the transverse diaphragm reflex.
Results: Post treatment results showed that there were significant increase in Albumin, Globulin, total proteins levels and A/G ratio in the aerobic group with a percentage of improvement 19.95, 21.74, 21.15 and 11.95% respectively. While there were insignificant increase in Albumin level and A/G ratio in the reflexology group with a percentage of 1.82 and 10.67% respectively.
Conclusion: Aerobic exercise in the form of treadmill training had a higher effect on plasma protein components as reflected in increase of albumin, globulin and total proteins than reflexology, but at the same time an improvement in the reflexology group for the albumin level and for the A/G ratio were seen.