Effect Of High Intensity Electromagnetic Technology On Metabolic Profile In Men With Central Obesity

Abstract

Objective: To investigate the effect of high intensity electromagnetic technology on metabolic profile in men with central obesity. Design: A single-blinded randomized clinical study.

Setting: Outpatient-setting.

Subjects: Sixty male participants with central obesity were allocated randomly into two groups. Group (A) received high-intensity electromagnetic technology, plus routine physical therapy protocol; Group (B) received traditional physical therapy protocol.

Intervention: Forty minutes per session, three sessions a week for three months, plus routine physical therapy protocol for group A; and while group B received dietary caloric restriction and 10.000 continuous steps daily using a pedometer application. Outcome measures: weight waist circumference and triglyceride were measured pretreatment and posttreatment.

Results: No significant differences between pretreatment between both groups (p >0.05). There was a significant decrease in weight, waist circumference in both groups at posttreatment compared with that pretreatment (p <0.001). There was a significant decrease in triglyceride in both groups at posttreatment compared with that pretreatment (p <0.001).

Conclusion: Adding of high intensity electromagnetic technology (40 minutes per session, three sessions/week for 3 months) has a significant improvement on metabolic profile in male with central obesity.