The effect of yoga exercise with dumbbells along with spirulina supplement on liver enzymes of elderly Bushehr women
Subject Areas : Physical Activity and Health
Mohadeseh Bandarrigi
1
*
,
Saeid Shakerian
2
,
Roohollah ranjbar
3
,
Sadegh Abdollahi
4
1 - Department of Sports Physiology, Faculty of Sports Sciences, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran
2 - 2
shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences
3 - 3
Department of Sports Physiology, Faculty of Sports Sciences, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran
4 - Assistant Professor of Physical Education and Health; Department of Education; Bushehr; Iran
Keywords: dumbbells, Women, liver enzymes, elderly, Bushehr, yoga,
Abstract :
A B S T R A C TObjectives: The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of yoga with dumbbells at the same time as taking spirulina supplements on liver enzymes in obese elderly women.Methods & Materials: This study, which is applied and semi-experimental, was conducted on 40 elderly women who were randomly divided into four equal groups. Then, after performing the initial tests as a pre-test, they were divided into supplement and exercise + supplement groups for daily consumption of 500 mg spirulina capsules in three servings. Therefore, the exercises were performed for 8 weeks (three sessions per week) and an average of 60 minutes. Therefore, after the completion of 8 weeks, the experiments were repeated, and for their statistical analysis, correlation and covariance t-tests were used with a significance level of P < 0.05.Results: The current research on elderly women with an average age of 60-65 showed that doing yoga with dumbbells along with spirulina supplementation led to a significant decrease in aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) enzymes in the exercise group) AST)=P ،(003/0>ALT=)p(003/0>) and exercise/supplement group (ALT= (P>0.0001), AST= (P>0.001); but Significant difference in the control group (AST=(P=0.82), ALT=(P=0.82)) and supplement group without training (AST=(P=0.21), ALT=(P=0.21)) was not observed.Conclusion: According to the results of the present study, it seems that taking spirulina supplements at the same time as yoga exercises with dumbbells can have positive effects on liver enzymes; Therefore, it is suggested to sports trainers to improve health status and prevent liver diseases in elderly people.
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