Saudi Cultural Missions Theses & Dissertations
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Item Restricted EFFECTIVENESS OF PILATES EXERCISES VERSUS DIAPHRAGMATIC BREATHING IN PATIENTS WITH HYPERTENSION(Saudi Digital Library, 2025) AL SHARIF, NAWAF; ABDEL GHAFFAR, HEBAPurpose of the study: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of Pilates exercises versus diaphragmatic breathing exercises on blood pressure and fasting lipid profile in patients with hypertension. Methods: Sixty male patients with hypertension (class I & class II) were recruited for this study from Physiotherapy department at King Khalid hospital in Najran city, The kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Their ages ranged from 45 to 60 years. Patients were assigned into three equal groups: group A (Pilates exercises group), group B (Diaphragmatic breathing exercises group), and group C (Control group). Patients received the prescribed interventions 3 times per week for 8 weeks. The outcome measures were Systolic blood pressure, Diastolic blood pressure, and Fasting lipid profile (Total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, and Triglycerides). The assessment was made before and after the study. Results: The results revealed that Systolic blood pressure, Diastolic blood pressure, Total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, and Triglycerides were significantly improved in all groups compared to baseline (P<0.05). Group A (Pilates group) showed more significant improvement in all outcome measures than group B (Diaphragmatic breathing group) and group C (Control group) (P<0.05). Conclusion: it could be concluded that both Pilates exercises and diaphragmatic breathing exercises may have significant effects on blood pressure and fasting lipid profile in patients with hypertension. However, Pilates exercises may be more effective than diaphragmatic breathing exercises in improving these outcomes.9 0Item Restricted EFFECT OF ADDING NATURAL HONEY INTAKE ON LIPIDAEROBIC EXERCISETO CONTINUOUS PROFILE IN OVERWEIGHT MEN(Cairo University, 2024) Alfaqir, Mohammed; Elnahas,Nesreen; Elsheimy,Hend; Ismail,AliObjective: This study aimed to assess the effect of adding natural honey intake to continuous aerobic exercise on lipid profile in overweight men. Methods: Sixty overweight men who aged 40-50 years old - were randomly distributed into one of two groups; the study group (n=30) received 40-minute continuous aerobic exercise on treadmill three times weekly plus oral honey intake thrice daily for 12 weeks and the control group (n=30) received only the aerobic exercise thrice weekly. Patients' body mass index (BMI), waist-hip ratio (WHR), high density lipoprotein (HDL), atherogenic index of plasma (AIP), low density lipoprotein (LDL), total cholesterol (TC), and triglycerides (TG) were assessed in both groups. Results: After 12-week intervention, a significant improvement (P < 0.05) of BMI, WHR, TC, TG, LDL, HDL, and AIP was documented within both groups but the better level of improvement was detected in the study group. Post-treatment between-group comparison of all outcomes indicated a significant improvement in the direction of the study group. Conclusion: It could be concluded from this trial that adding 12-week oral honey intake to aerobic exercise maximize the improvement of lipid profile gained from aerobic exercise alone in overweight men. We recommend future research about the effect of honey intake on different grades of obesity in different ages of men.29 0