Combined Effect of Electromagnetic Field and Micro–pressure Technique on Abdominal Obesity in Post–Menopausal women: A randomized controlled clinical trial
Keywords:
Electromagnetic field, micropressure, low- calorie diet, post menopause, abdominal obesity.Abstract
Background: One of the major problems affecting postmenopausal women is abdominal obesity. Increased body weight, mainly visceral fat weight, is a common occurrence during menopause and raises the risk of both cardiovascular illness and tumor growth.
Objective: To ascertain how the combined effect of electromagnetic field and micro-pressure technique affects abdominal obesity in post-menopausal women.
Subjects and Methods Forty volunteer postmenopausal women with abdominal obesity participated in this research; their ages were between 50 - 55 (5 years after last menstruation), their body mass index (BMI) varied from 30 to 40 kg/m², and their waist-hip ratio was > 0.88 cm. The women were distributed randomly into a study group (A) (n = 20) and a control group (B) (n = 20). The study group participants were treated with a combined electromagnetic field and micro-pressure (Redustim) for 45 minutes, twice a week for 12 sessions, plus a low-calorie diet regimen for 6 weeks. The control group (B) received only a low-calorie diet regimen for 6 weeks. All women were evaluated prior to and following the intervention by analyzing lipid profiles (total cholesterol (TC), high-density lipoprotein (HDL), low-density lipoprotein (LDL), and triglyceride (TG)), visceral fats, body composition analysis (Inbody), and anthropometric measures (body circumferences (waist and hip) and waist/hip ratio (WHR).
Results: The results indicated that both groups' assessed variables had changed significantly before and after the intervention. When comparing the two groups, a significant difference favoring the study group (A) was also observed in the post-treatment values of all assessed variables.
Conclusion: The combined electromagnetic and micropressure, plus a low-calorie diet, were more beneficial to reduce weight, BMI, waist circumference (WC), WHR, visceral fat, and lipid profile than a low-calorie diet alone on abdominal visceral fats in postmenopausal women.
