The Regular Pilates Exercise Program Reduces the Risk of Cardiovascular Diseases or Other Diseases at Sedentary Obese and Overweight Women

HUSAMETTIN VATANSEV; FATMA ARSLAN; EVRIM CAKMAKCI; BAHADIR OZTURK; FİKRET AKYUREK; EMİNE NEDİME KORUCU; MERYEM AYRANCI; ALI UNLU

Volume : V, Issue : XII, December - 2016

The Regular Pilates Exercise Program Reduces the Risk of Cardiovascular Diseases or Other Diseases at Sedentary Obese and Overweight Women

Husamettin Vatansev, Fatma Arslan, Evrim Cakmakci, Bahadir Ozturk, F Kret Akyurek, Em Ne Ned Me Korucu, Meryem Ayranci, Ali Unlu

Abstract :

Aim:?e aim of this study was to investigate the effects of Pilates exercise program on ischemia–modified albumin levels and blood lipids in sedentary overweight and obese Turkish women. Methods:Fifty–six sedentary woman divided into two groups including overweight (n=29) and obese groups (n=27) according to their Body Mass Index. ?ey underwent a 2–month the Pilates regular exercise in 2013.?e serum albumin concentrations, the blood lipids and the IMA levels of the groups determined at baseline and two months later. Results:?e average IMA and Ox–LDL levels decreased, and the albumin levels increased in both groups after the Pilates regular exercise. While there were significant differences in the IMA, Ox–LDL levels, total cholesterol, LDL– cholesterol, VLDL–cholesterol and Triglyceride levels of an obese woman, the HDL, and serum albumin levels were significant differences in both obese and overweight woman (p<0,05). Conclusions:?ese findings showed that regular exercise was the beneficial effect on the IMA, the Blood Lipids, and the Ox–LDL levels which were closely related to cardiovascular diseases in Turkish sedentary obese and overweight women