was to estimate the affect of complex treatment with kinesiotherapy on body weight loss and muscle function in patients with obesity.
80 men and women aged 21-69 years old with obesity were enrolled in the study. The complex kinesiotherapy included interactive sensorimotor trainings. Weight, WC, HC, fall number were measured at baseline and after the treatment was completed. Muscle strength and walking speed functional tests results assessment were performed.
There was a significant reduction in body weight (111.3±24.4 kg at baseline vs 107.9±23.1 kg in 3 weeks; р=0,000), in BMI (40.3±8.1 vs 39.1±7.7 kg/m2; р=0.000),i n treated obese patients. 10-meters-walk speed increased from 0.84±0.15 m/sec at baseline to 0.88±0.17 m/sec to (р=0.000). Up-and-go test improved from 8.4±2.1 to 7.9±2.09 sec (р=0.000). We registered endurance to static loading in abdomen muscles from 13.1±9.7 to 16.49±12.8 sec (р=0.000) and in back muscles from 14.8±11.9 sec to 18.6±14.9 sec (р=0.000). The endurance to dynamic loading increased in abdomen muscles from 29.9±11.2 to 34.84±11.93 times (р=0.000) and also in back muscles from 9.1±7.4 to 12.2±9.2 times (р=0.000). Fall namber markably decreased from 0.14 ±0.34 at baseline to 0.0 (95%CI: 0.02; 0.25) after treatment.
Investigated complex treatment with kinesiotherapy methods promotes body weight loss, WC and HC reduction in obesity. Special training of obese patients is associated with increasing in gate speed and lower extremities muscle strength, and it also causes improvement in static and dynamic loading endurance of back and abdomen muscles. Those changes may probably improve balance function and decrease risk of falling in obese patients.