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Title : Influenceof regular aerobic trainingon intraocular pressurein elderly subjects
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Abstract
Purpose: To determine the effect of aerobic training on intraocular
pressure in elderly subjects. Procedure: Thirty elderly men with age
ranged from 50 to 60 yrs. They were selected from the outpatient
ophthalmic clinic of Police Hospital in Assiut They were complaining
from increased intraocular pressure (IOP) that was ranged between 13-
20 mmHg. All participants were submitted to the Viswanathan
questionnaire on systemic and ocular diseases as well as on the use of
systemic and topical medication . Intraocular pressure was measured by
Goldman applanation tonometer for both eyes at the beginning of the
study and after 12 weeks. Participants were assigned randomly into two
groups equal in number, Gr. A trained for 12 week with a rate of three
sessions per week in the form of controlled treadmill walking exercise
with incremental increase in speed on an individual bases until the heart
rate reached 140 beats / min by the use of pulsometer , each exercise
session lasted for 40 minutes ;(10 minutes warming up ,the active phase
20 minutes that was followed by 10 minutes for cooling down ), while
Gr. B acted by their traditional daily living activities that was assessed
on Borg scale of perceived exertion by 13-15 point. The practical work
was performed from March 2015 to December 2015. Results: It shows
that the intraocular pressure reduced by 32.95 % in Gr. A after training
when this was compared with the results of Gr. B that was 22.2 % after
12 weeks. Conclusion: It was concluded that Aerobic exercises training
program using treadmill induces significant reduction in on intraocular
pressure in elderly .