Avaliação do lipidograma e composição corporal de indivíduos obesos após quatro semanas de exercício de musculação terapêutica
Year: 2013
Type: article
Study design: Clinical Trial
Abstract: Introduction: Due to the high prevalence and complications caused by obesity is important to study control strategies, exercise is a way. Objective: To evaluate the results of an exercise protocol Bodybuilding therapy on body composition and serum levels of total cholesterol, triglycerides and fractionated in obese individuals. Materials and methods: physical assessment and blood collection before and after exercise protocol, application strength training therapy for four weeks with weekly frequency of three times. Results: The applied training showed trends for improvement in body composition (reduction in body fat percentage and increasing lean body mass), increased total cholesterol, LDL and triglycerides and increase HDL cholesterol. Discussion: The results regarding body composition range from meeting with other authors who investigated the effects of resistance exercise on weight loss. Results attributable to increased basal metabolic rate, caloric expenditure exercise direct and EPOC. As to the observed data disagree lipidiograma than literature proposes (decrease in total cholesterol, LDL and triglycerides and increased HDL cholesterol). The results may be justified by the absence of nutritional control, reduced training time and sampling period. Conclusion: A program in obese Muscle Therapy applied for four weeks showed trends for improvement in body composition and increased total cholesterol, LDL, triglycerides and low HDL.
Language: Portuguese
Topic: Physical Activity and Health
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2121919158