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EFFECT OF AEROBIC EXERCISE ON INFLAMMATORY CYTOKINE LEVELS IN POST-MENOPAUSAL WOMEN
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Abstract
The main objective of this study was to determine the effect of aerobic exercise on inflammatory cytokine levels in postmenopausal women. Thirty post-menopausal women were selected from Ain shams University. Their ages ranged from 44 to 55 years, they were divided randomly according to closed numerical envelop into two groups equal in number, study group (group A) who performed aerobic exercises in form of walking on treadmill for 30 min/day, 3 times per week for 12 weeks, at 55% of maximum HR, and control group (group B) who didn’t perform any kind of aerobic exercise and instructed to maintain their current physical activity levels during the study. Before starting and at the end of study, all participants were assessed by measuring the level of IL-6 (pro-inflammatory) and FSH. The results of this study showed that there was a non statistical significant difference in the level of IL-6 and FSH pretreatment in both groups, while post treatment there was a highly statistical significant difference in the level of IL-6 and FSH (p value < 0.005) in favor of group (A). It could be concluded that aerobic exercise was effective in decreasing inflammatory cytokine levels in postmenopausal women