Hend Ahmed Saad Ata
Lecturer of physical therapy for Womens Health, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Heliopolis University, Egypt
Publications
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Full Length Research Article
Effect Of Visceral and Total Body Fat Reduction in Obese Females with Stress Urinary Incontinence
Author(s): Dina Mohamed Tarek Mansour EL_kasrawy1*, Abeer Mohamed ElDeeb, Hala Mohamed Hanafi Emara, Amal Mohamed Al anwar and Hend Ahmed Saad Ata
Background and Purpose: This research intended to investigate the effect of visceral fat as well as total body fat reduction on stress urinary incontinence (SUI) in obese females. Subjects and Methods: 60 obese women with SUI took part in this research. They were between 35 and 50 years old also their body mass index (BMI) was >29.9 kg/m2. They were put into three equal-sized groups at random. Control group received pelvic floor muscles (PFM) exercise three session/week for 12 weeks; diet group received PFM exercise and low caloric diet (800-1200) calories/day; and ultrasound cavitation (UC) group received PFM exercise and UC two session/week for 12 weeks. Body mass index (BMI) as well as waist circumference (WC) were measured; visceral fat (VF) and total body fat (TBF) were measured using body composition analyzer; PFM strength was measu.. Read More»