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dc.contributor.authorH.M. Muroki N Magak M.G. Owiti K Onyango
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-20T10:57:34Z
dc.date.available2020-11-20T10:57:34Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.maseno.ac.ke/handle/123456789/2891
dc.description.abstractObjectives: To investigate the metabolic parameters of pre-diabetes and to provide evidence of prescribed physical therapy exercises that can be quantified and reproduced. Design: A controlled experimental study Setting: Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital and physical therapy gymnasium of Moi University orthopaedics and rehabilitation department in Uasin Gishu County, Kenya. Subjects: Two comparison groups, Experimental Group (EG) and Control Group (CG) with each group having the same size of subjects (17 each). Results: Exercise reduces Fasting Blood Glucose (FBG) by 5% and 13%, in 6 and 12 weeks, respectively. It also showed High Density Lipoprotein (HDL) were significantly higher in the experimental than in the control group during post-training (z= -3.20.17, p=0.001). On the other hand, the level of Low-Density Lipoprotein (LDL) decreased in the experimental group during both mid-training and post-training period relative to pre-training (z= -2.908.18, p=0.001). There was a significant reduction of HbA1c (of 3%) after six weeks and an even more marked drop (8%) after 12 weeks in EG compared to CG in which there was no drop in HbA1c levels. High correlation was found between FBG and HbA1c(r=0.95). All parameters at pre, mid and post training were not significantly different between males and females. Conclusion: Prescribed Physical Therapy Exercises (PPTE) exerted improvement on FBG, metabolic and HbA1c profiles in pre-diabetes. The knowledge of how much exercise is needed to impact change in disease progression would inform the prescription of exercise by physiotherapists to their clients.en_US
dc.publisherEast African Medical Journalen_US
dc.titleEffects of prescribed physical therapy exercises on blood glucose, metabolic and HbA1c profiles in pre-diabetes at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Uasin Gishu County, Kenyaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US


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