Comprehensive Group Therapy of Obesity and Its Impact on Selected Anthropometric and Postural Parameters

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61988987%3A17110%2F17%3AA1801SB8" target="_blank" >RIV/61988987:17110/17:A1801SB8 - isvavai.cz</a>

Alternative codes found

RIV/00216224:14110/17:00100113 RIV/61989592:15110/17:73586502 RIV/61989592:15120/17:73586502

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.21101/cejph.a4780" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.21101/cejph.a4780</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.21101/cejph.a4780" target="_blank" >10.21101/cejph.a4780</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Comprehensive Group Therapy of Obesity and Its Impact on Selected Anthropometric and Postural Parameters

Original language description

Objective: Obesity is a multifactorial disease. This non-infectious epidemic has reached pandemic proportions in the 21 century. Posture is a dynamic process referring to an active maintenance of body movement segments against the action of external forces. The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of comprehensive group therapy for obese persons on selected anthropometric and postural parameters.Methods: The study comprised 53 females with a mean age of 44.5 years (range 29-65 years, standard deviation 9.42 years, median 44 years), who completed a controlled weight loss programme. At the beginning and at the end of the programme, anthropometric parameters (Body Mass Index (BMI), weight and waist circumference) were measured and the posturography tests Limits of Stability (LOS) and Motor Control Test (MCT) were performed using the NeuroCom's SMART EquiTest system. The data were statistically analyzed using R software at a level of significance of 0.05.Results: There were positive changes after the controlled weight loss programme in anthropometric parameters (BMI reduction, with p &lt; 0.001; waist circumference reduction, with p &lt; 0.001; and weight loss, with p &lt; 0.001), postural stability with statistically significant (p &lt; 0.05) improvements in both postural activity (LOS test parameters) and reactions (MCT parameters).Conclusion: The study showed a statistically significant effect of comprehensive group therapy for obesity in terms of reductions in waist circumference, body weight and BMI, and thus the overall reduction of both cardiovascular and metabolic risks, as well as improved postural skills (activity and reactions).

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30304 - Public and environmental health

Project

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Continuities

V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju

Publication year

2017

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

CENTRAL EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

ISSN

1210-7778

e-ISSN

1803-1048

Volume of the periodical

25

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

6

Pages from-to

326-331

UT code for WoS article

000423524300014

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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