NCT05947929

Aerobic Exercise Verus Acupuncture on the Quality of Life in Women Suffering From Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Aerobic Exercise Verus Acupuncture on the Quality of Life in Women Suffering From Irritable Bowel Syndrome [NCT ID Not Yet Assigned]

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (actual)
• Sponsor: Cairo University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 35 Years – 45 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

To compare the effect of aerobic exercise and the acupuncture on the quality of life in women with irritable bowel syndrome

Detailed description

Patients with IBS have a higher prevalence of migraine, fibromyalgia and depression. Donald et al. have shown that physically active elderly participants were less likely to be constipated than their less active counterparts. On the quality of life Physical activity has also been shown to reduce mouth-to-anus transit time and among individuals with constipation, higher levels of physical activity were found to be associated with improved physical functioning and health perceptions. Similarly, other finding studies are not consistent with some small observational studies which have failed to report positive associations between exercise and constipation, reported that orocecal transit time was accelerated during mild exercise. Of some relevance to the findings reported here is a recent randomized controlled trials (RCT) that found walking to be an effective intervention for improving the degree of bowel cleansing in preparation for a colonoscopy. There is a contradiction between studies. However, study results on acupuncture in IBS are mixed, and more larger trials are needed to fully support the claims of acupuncture in helping with IBS there's a contradiction between the studies so, the present study will be conducted to compare the effect of aerobic exercise and acupuncture on women with irritable bowel syndrome and to solve the contradiction. .

Conditions

• Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Aerobic excise	the treadmill exercises three times a week for 12 weeks) based on the Following protocol: Intensity exercise: determined by karvonen formula: Exercise heart rate = \[(A-B) × desired intensity\] + B \[A represents maximum heart rate (220-age) and B for resting heart rate (average of three measurements)\]. The desired intensity will be at 50- 70%. Heart rate was measured by pulse-meter to detect pulse rate before exercise (Resting HR)\].
OTHER	acupuncture	the acupuncture needles will be inserted through the adhesive pads. The acupuncture needles used in the study are 40 mm in length and 0.30 mm in diameter and manufactured by Suzhou Hwato Medical Instruments Co. Ltd (Suzhou, China). The following acupoints will be used: DU20 (Baihui), ST36 (Zusanli), ST37 (Shangjuxu), SP6 (Sanyinjiao), ST25 (Tianshu), and LR3 (Taichong).

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-05-20
• Primary completion: 2021-09-15
• Completion: 2022-06-25
• First posted: 2023-07-17
• Last updated: 2023-07-18

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt