Advances in Rehabilitation | 2021
Effect of continuous exercise augmented by interval exercise \non metabolic syndrome components: the first 16-week applied onelliptical–trainer randomized-controlled trial
Abstract
Introduction: To the best of searched limited knowledge, using an elliptical trainer (ET), no clinical randomized-controlled trial searched the effect of the combined form of exercise, moderate-intensity continuous training (MI-CAT) augmented by high-intensity-interval training (HI-IT) on metabolic syndrome (MS) components. This work aimed to study the response of MS parameters (MSP) to applied-on-ET 16-week combined exercise (MI-CAT augmented by HI-IT). Material and methods: Forty MS patients –with ages ranging from 35-63 years old – were randomly assigned to the control group (CG) (one female + 19 males) and MI-CAT+HI-IT group (one female + 19 males). The CG patients were requested to maintain their normal physical activities. The exercise session of the other group was started with a 5-min warm-up, then 26-min MI-CAT, then HI-IT (four repetitions of a 3-minute interval with in-betweeninterval 180-second active-recovery workout, the 5-min cooling-up), and the session was introduced to every MS patient of this group 3 times weekly. Body mass index (BMI) and MSP: (high-density lipoprotein (HDL), blood systole and diastole, abdominal circumference, and triglyceride) were checked before and after the trial. Results: After the trial, excluding HDL, BMI, and other MSP showed significant improvement within the MI-CAT+HI-IT group. All tested within-CG measures showed nonsignificant mentioned shifts. Conclusions: Conducted combined training (16-week MI-CAT augmented by HI-IT) on ET can slow the deteriorated MSP.