Almost postmenopausal women store significant extra visceral adipose tissue with unexplained mechanism, yet. Postmenopausal obese women with excess abdominal obesity have raised metabolic risk of numerous cardiovascular diseases, which negatively influence health policy concern. Therefore, actual need to recommend non-invasive approach that cover this lack of quantitative knowledge in clinical management of obese postmenopausal women.
Postmenopausal women are usually troubled by increasing weight and waist circumference caused by obesity and androcidal fat redistribution. Abdominal adiposity, defined as a waist circumference ≥88cm in women, measured in the upright position, plus significant elevated lipid profile values. In postmenopausal women, a higher level of physical activity was associated with a more optimal body composition, including lower adiposity and higher lean mass. Management of abdominal obesity involves different techniques i.e., dietary management, exercise therapy, even lifestyle management, and pharmacological management, and surgical interventions. Extracorporeal shockwave provides cavitation phenomena that may facilitate better management of abdominal obesity. Thus, current study will be conducted to investigate effect of extracorporeal shockwave on abdominal adiposity and lipid profile in obese post-menopausal women.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
60
2000 shots, 120mJ pulse energy setting, 3 bar pressure, and 15 Hz for 15 minute per session.
1500 k/cal for 6 weeks
Helwan General Hospital
Cairo, Helwan, Cairo Governate, Egypt
Waist/ hip ratio
anthropometric outcome measure for abdominal adiposity
Time frame: Pretreatment and Posttreatment of six weeks study protocol.
Skin fold caliper
subcutaneous fat outcome measure
Time frame: Pretreatment and Posttreatment of six weeks study protocol.
Lipid profile
Low-density lipoprotein, High-density lipoprotein, and triglyceride laboratory outcome measures.
Time frame: Pretreatment and Posttreatment of six weeks study protocol.
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