Elhosary Eman Abdelfatah Mohamed, Ewidea Mahmoud Mohamed, Ahmed Hamada Ahmed Hamada, El Khatib Ayman
Department of Physical Therapy for Women's Health, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Kafrelsheikh University, Egypt.
Department of Basic Science, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Kafrelsheikh University, Egypt.
J Phys Ther Sci. 2018 Feb;30(2):328-331. doi: 10.1589/jpts.30.328. Epub 2018 Feb 28.
[Purpose] To compare the effect of aerobic exercises versus laser acupuncture in treatment of postmenopausal hot flushes. [Subjects and Methods] This study was designed as single blind randomized controlled trial. A total of 48 postmenopausal women complained of hot flushes. Their ages ranged between 45 to 55 years and were randomly assigned into 2 equal groups: group (A), which received an aerobic exercises, and group (B), which received laser acupuncture. Both groups recieved 3 sessions per week for two months. The level of follicular stimulating hormone, lutelizing hormone, and hot flushes dairy card were assessed the severity of hot flahes before and after treatment program. [Results] There were Significant reduction in FSH, LH, and menopausal daily hot flush scale in group A compared with group B at the post treatment. [Conclusion] Eight week program of an aerobic exercises yields improvement in FSH, LH, and decrease in severity of hot flushes assessed by hot flush dairy card than laser acupuncture in the treatment of postmenopausal hot flashes.
[目的] 比较有氧运动与激光针灸治疗绝经后潮热的效果。[对象与方法] 本研究设计为单盲随机对照试验。共有48名主诉潮热的绝经后女性。她们的年龄在45至55岁之间，被随机分为两组：A组接受有氧运动，B组接受激光针灸。两组均每周接受3次治疗，持续两个月。在治疗方案前后评估促卵泡生成素、促黄体生成素水平以及潮热日记卡，以评估潮热的严重程度。[结果] 治疗后，A组的促卵泡生成素、促黄体生成素以及绝经后每日潮热量表得分与B组相比有显著降低。[结论] 在治疗绝经后潮热方面，为期八周的有氧运动方案在促卵泡生成素、促黄体生成素方面有改善，且通过潮热日记卡评估的潮热严重程度降低程度优于激光针灸。
