Affiliation:
1. KHERSON STATE UNIVERSITY, KHERSON, UKRAINE
Abstract
The aim: To determine the effectiveness of application of special therapeutic physical exercises to improve the indicators of body weight, anthropometric parameters and quality of life of obese women in the conditions of quarantine restrictions.
Materials and methods: We examined 10 women aged 37 ± 5 years with obesity of various degrees, which was determined by the body mass index (BMI, kg/m2). All women for two months were involved in specially designed therapeutic exercises in the remote mode. Evaluation of the effectiveness of therapeu¬tic exercises use was performed using the survey method to determine the quality of life of obese women according to a short version of the questionnaire “The world health organization quality of life (WHOQOL-BREF)”; anthropometric measurements of body parts sizes; bioimpedance analysis of body weight composition; statistical methods of data processing.
Results: The effect of therapeutic gymnastics according to the proposed programme on the component composition of body weight of obese women was proved, which indicates a decrease in total body weight, reduction of body fat, increase in total body water and muscle component of body weight. It is shown that under the influence of corrective physical exercises the proportions of the body of women changed, as evidenced by the dynamics of the circumferences of all measured parts of the body of obese women. The improvement of women’s quality of life in all indicators was identified.
Conclusions: The use of special complexes of physical exercises, aimed at correction of the body weight of obese women,showed its significant effectiveness and led to the expected result.
Reference18 articles.
1. 1. Risk factors of non-communicable diseases in Ukraine in 2019. A brief overview of the results of the STEPS study, WHO’s stepwise approach to epidemiological surveillance of noncommunicable disease risk factor surveillance (STEPwise approach to noncommunicable disease risk factor surveillance) and comparison with other selected countries. World Health Organization 2020. https://www.euro.who. int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/469174/Risk-factors-NCD-Ukraine-summary-ukr.pdf. [date access 25.10.2021]
2. 2. Branca F., Nikogosian H., Lobstein Tim et al. Problema ozhireniya v Yevropeyskom regione VOZ i strategii yeye resheniya [Obesity in the WHO European Region and strategies for addressing it]. World health organization. 2009, 1–11. https://www.euro.who.int/__data/ assets/pdf_file/0011/74747/E90711R.pdf (in Russian) [date access 25.10.2021]
3. 3. Davydenko N.V., Smyrnova I.P., Horbas' I.M., Kvasha E.A. Problema ozhyrinnya v Ukrayini [The problem of obesity in Ukraine]. Journal of the general practitioner. 2002; (1):81-85. (in Ukrainian)
4. 4. Hales C.M., Carroll M.D., Fryar C.D., Ogden C.L. Prevalence of obesity and severe obesity among adults: United States, 2017–2018. NCHS Data Brief. 2020; (360):1-8. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db360-h.pdf [date access 25.10.2021]
5. 5. Vasylieva N.O., Koziy T. et al. Effectiveness of Physical Therapy in Middle-Aged Women with Alimentary Form of Obesity of the First Degree. Acta Balneol. 2022;3(169): 230-234. doi: 10.36740/ABAL202203105.