• Burns · Aug 2020

    Randomized Controlled Trial

    Assessing the effects of 6 weeks of intermittent aerobic exercise on aerobic capacity, muscle fatigability, and quality of life in diabetic burned patients: Randomized control study.

    • Walid Kamal Abdelbasset and Nermeen Mohamed Abdelhalim.
    • Department of Physical Therapy and Health Rehabilitation, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Alkharj, Saudi Arabia; Department of Physical Therapy, Kasr Al-Aini Hospital, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt. Electronic address: walidkamal.wr@gmail.com.
    • Burns. 2020 Aug 1; 46 (5): 1193-1200.

    BackgroundBoth burn and diabetes mellitus (DM) cause functional and psychosocial disabilities. A low-cost and safe approach is greatly required to reduce these disabilities and the effects of aerobic exercise have generated varied evidence to date. The aim of the study was to explore the effects of 6 weeks of intermittent aerobic exercise (IAE) on aerobic capacity, muscle fatigability, and quality of life (QoL) in diabetic burned patients (DBPs).MethodsThe study design was a prospective, single-blind, randomized controlled trial. Between March 2018 and July 2019 thirty-six (22 males and 16 females) diabetic burned patients were included in the study, their age ranged 35-55 years. They were clinically diagnosed with type 2 DM and total body surface area (TBSA) was 15-30%. The participants were randomly assigned to the IAE group (n = 18) and controls (n = 18). Aerobic capacity, muscle fatigability, and QoL were assessed initially and repeated after 6 weeks of intervention.ResultsInitial data demonstrated non-significant differences between the IAE and control groups (p > 0.05). Comparing pre- and post-intervention outcomes showed significant improvement of VO2max, muscle fatigability, QoL domains in the IAE group after 6 weeks intervention (p < 0.05) and non-significant changes in the control group (p > 0.05). The IAE group showed statistically significant improvement more than the control group in all outcome measures (p < 0.05).Conclusions6 weeks of intermittent aerobic exercise is an effective alternative modality to improve aerobic capacity, muscle fatigability, and QoL in DBPs. Adherence to intermittent aerobic exercise should be practicable into mainstream clinical intervention for those patients.Copyright © 2019 Elsevier Ltd and ISBI. All rights reserved.

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