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Interval Training Versus Electro Acupuncture on Liver Functions in Patients With Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

NCT03936803 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2019-11-13

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

in this study, the investigators compare the effect of interval training exercise and electroacupuncture on liver functions in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease patients

Conditions

  • Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

aerobic interval training exercise .

Its consisted of cycle ergometer training, 3 days a week for 6 weeks. Aerobic interval training consisted of ( 8 )minutes warm-up, followed by 4 times of 4-minute intervals with HR at 85% of sub maximum HR, with active pauses of 3 minutes of walking at 60% of sub maximum HR. The exercise session was terminated by 5 minutes cool-down

DEVICE

electro acupuncture

electroacupuncture (EA) of (2 Hz, 4 mA) was applied at points of:liver 3 LR3,liver 14 LR 14, gall bladder 34 (GB 34) and stomach 36 (ST36) . Duration of the session was 15 min / each, three sessions per week for six weeks

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Cairo University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • zahra 63 serry, prof · Cairo University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
30 Years
Max Age
55 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-05-01
Primary Completion
2018-12-05
Completion
2019-05-25

Countries

  • Egypt

Study Locations

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