Optimizing Fitness: Post Bariatric Surgery With Modified Qigong Breathing Exercise
Bariatric surgery has been reported to be the most effective treatment option for losing and maintaining body weight and improving comorbidities and mortality associated with morbid obesity. Nevertheless, even though physical activity is recommended to optimize bariatric surgery results. Very little is known, about whether engaging in an exercise program after surgery can provide additional improvement in health outcomes. While to date there are relatively few researches studied the effect of exercise in patients who have undergone bariatric surgery. This study was conducted to explore the influence of Modified Qigong Breathing Exercise on pulmonary function, endurance and fitness on post bariatric surgery patients.
Qigong as ancient Chinese traditional medicine have been documented to be effective in treating obesity. Literature showing that the desire to eat and the feeling of hunger, along with prospective food consumption in patients with obesity.
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
Bariatric surgery has been reported to be the most effective treatment option for losing and maintaining body weight and improving comorbidities and mortality associated with morbid obesity. Nevertheless, even though physical activity is recommended to optimize bariatric surgery results. Very little is known, about whether engaging in an exercise program after surgery can provide additional improvement in health outcomes. While to date there are relatively few researches studied the effect of exercise in patients who have undergone bariatric surgery. This study was conducted to explore the influence of Modified Qigong Breathing Exercise on pulmonary function,endurance and fitness on post bariatric surgery patients.
Bariatric surgery has been reported to be the most effective treatment option for losing and maintaining body weight and improving comorbidities and mortality associated with morbid obesity. Nevertheless, even though physical activity is recommended to optimize bariatric surgery results. Very little is known, about whether engaging in an exercise program after surgery can provide additional improvement in health outcomes. While to date there are relatively few researches studied the effect of exercise in patients who have undergone bariatric surgery.
Qigong as ancient Chinese traditional medicine have been documented to be effective in treating obesity. Literature showing that the desire to eat and the feeling of hunger, along with prospective food consumption in patients with obesity .
Study Type
Enrollment (Actual)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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Cairo, Egypt
- faculty of ohysical therapy Cairo University
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
- Adult
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Both male and fem
- age ranged from 18-25 years old
- at least 6 months after BS
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients with nerve root compression
- spine disorders
- spinal fracture
- previous spinal surgery
- pregnancy
- lower limb injury
- Any contraindication to the exercise therapy
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Treatment
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: Double
Arms and Interventions
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Intervention / Treatment |
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Sham Comparator: Control
No exercise will be given to the participants in the control group
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No exercise will be given to the participants in the control group
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Experimental: Modified Qigong Breathing Exercise
The exercise is recommended to be performed standing, or modified standing with trunk leaning forward and bilateral upper extremities support on countertop.
Initial position: Stand up with feet shoulder-width apart, hands down along your body, or put palms on the abdomen.
Take a deep breath, squaring shoulders, and pull in belly at the same time.
Hold breath for 3 to 4 seconds, while keeping abdomen retracted with maximally contracting abdominal muscles.
Exhale, so the shoulders go back to the starting position, while chest and abdominal muscles relax.
Repeat this exercise 10 times.
Note.
If the stomach is difficult to draw in a standing position, it is possible to perform the exercise with both hands resting on support.
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The exercise is recommended to be performed standing, or modified standing with trunk leaning forward and bilateral upper extremities support on countertop. Initial position: Stand up with feet shoulder-width apart, hands down along the body, or put palms on the abdomen. Take a deep breath, squaring shoulders, and pull in belly at the same time. Hold breath for 3 to 4 seconds, while keeping abdomen retracted with maximally contracting abdominal muscles. Exhale, so the shoulders go back to the starting position, while chest and abdominal muscles relax. Repeat this exercise 10 times. Note. If the stomach is difficult to draw in a standing position, it is possible to perform the exercise with both hands resting on support. Duration: 30 minutes, 3 days/ week for 12 weeks |
What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Pulmonary function by (SP - electronic hand held spirometer)
Time Frame: at base line and 12 weeks
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Forced vital capacity (FVC) [Time Frame: 12 weeks]
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at base line and 12 weeks
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Core endurance by McGill tests
Time Frame: At base line and 12 weeks
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trunk anterior flexor test
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At base line and 12 weeks
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FEV 1
Time Frame: at base line and 12 weeks
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forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) [Time Frame: 12 weeks]
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at base line and 12 weeks
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PEF
Time Frame: at base line and 12 weeks
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Peak expiratory flow (PEF) [Time Frame: 12 weeks]
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at base line and 12 weeks
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Posterior
Time Frame: at base line and 12 weeks
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trunk posterior extensor test
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at base line and 12 weeks
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right lateral
Time Frame: at base line and 12 weeks
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the right lateral plank
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at base line and 12 weeks
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left rateral
Time Frame: at base line and 12 weeks
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the right lateral plank
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at base line and 12 weeks
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Resting metabolic rate
Time Frame: at base line and 12 weeks
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Change in resting metabolic rate measured by indirect calorimetry at 0 and 12 weeks.
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at base line and 12 weeks
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Percent fat mass
Time Frame: at base line and 12 weeks
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Change in fat mass percentage measured by DXA at 0 and 12 weeks
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at base line and 12 weeks
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Weight measurement
Time Frame: ate base line and 12 weeks
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Weight measurement in kilogram
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ate base line and 12 weeks
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Height measurement
Time Frame: at base line and 12 weeks
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Height measurement in centimeter
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at base line and 12 weeks
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Collaborators and Investigators
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Publications and helpful links
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Study Start (Actual)
Primary Completion (Actual)
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First Submitted
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Last Update Posted (Actual)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
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More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- P.T.REC/012/005533
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
IPD Plan Description
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
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