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Effect of cupping therapy on glycemic control in diabetic patients
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Abstract
Background: Diabetes is a group of metabolic disorders in which there are high blood glucose levels over a prolonged period. If left untreated, diabetes can cause many acute and chronic complications. Purpose: To study the effect of cupping therapy on glycemic control in diabetic patients. Methods: Thirty type 2 diabetic patients (men and women) were selected from Internal Medicine Department of central Berket Elsabaa Hospital. They were diagnosed with specialized physician as T2DM patients, their age ranged from (45-55 years) and they were randomly divided into two groups (A&B). Each group consisted of fifteen patients. Variables measured from both groups were HbA1c, fasting plasma glucose, postprandial plasma glucose level. group (A) performed aerobic training and cupping therapy while group (B) performed aerobic exercise only. Both groups were under medical treatment for 3months. Results: results revealed that, there was significant decrease in HbA1c, fasting blood glucose, and post prandial blood glucose in group A compared with group B post treatment. The percent of improvement for group (A) was 30.13%, 14.08%, and 23.62% and for group (B) was 18.97%, 13.03%, and 21.91% respectively. When compared Fasting blood glucose levels and post prandial blood glucose levels in groups’ post1, post2 and post3, there were significant differences in favor of post3.The significance decrease in the mean values post treatment (p=0.02), (0.04), (0.3).Men improved better than women in both groups. Conclusion: Using cupping therapy combined with aerobic exercise is superior to aerobic exercises only regarding glycemic control in type 2 diabetic patients