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Filter by:If the bone mineral density of a patient with a diagnosis of osteopenia falls further, he develops osteoporosis.Menopause causes many changes in women's bodies in the form of vasomotor, sleep disorders, fatigue, aches and pains, altered cognitive functions, as well as genitourinary problems such as vaginal dryness, irritation, recurrent urinary tract infections. In the long term, inevitable changes occur in the musculoskeletal system. Osteoporosis, sarcopenia, postural dysfunction, regression in gait cycle, Loss of balance control and instability and increased risk of falling are the changes reported during this period. These mentioned effects negatively affect the quality of life of women. The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship of bone mineral density with respiratory functions and exercise capacity in postmenopausal women.The second aim is to compare the respiratory functions and exercise capacities of postmenopausal women with osteopenia and osteoporosis.
Postmenopausal women, as men, are more prone to central or android obesity. Abdominal fat mass is associated with an increase of cardiovascular diseases (CVD). In type 2 diabetic (T2D) patients, the risk of CVD mortality is more than double compared with that in age-matched subjects. Most exercise programs designed for weight loss have focused on steady-state exercise (SEE) of around 30 min at a moderate intensity several times a week. Disappointingly, these kinds of exercise programs have led to little or no fat loss (Shaw et al. 2006). Accumulating evidence suggests that high intensity intermittent exercise (HIIE) has the potential to be an effective exercise protocol for reducing fat of overweight individuals, especially at the abdominal level (Boutcher 2011, Kessler 2012). Despite these results, HIIE program has never been used in TD2 postmenopausal women to favor a specific decrease of abdominal fat mass. The aim of our study was to compare the effects of 16-week steady-state exercise (SSE) program with high intensity intermittent exercise (HIIE) program on total abdominal and visceral fat mass in T2D postmenopausal women. It is hypothesized that HIIE compared to SSE program would result in significantly greater reductions in total abdominal and visceral fat mass.