Aerobic Training Effect on Symptomatic Mitral Valve Prolapse in Females
Research Abstract
This research was conducted to study the effect of aerobic training on the personality trait variables (anxiety, phobia, psychosomatic, depression and hysteria) and on exercise tolerance indices (peak oxygen consumption, anaerobic threshold, total work load, maximum heart rate and oxygen pulse) to aid in symptoms control in MVPS. Forty female MVPS patients from National Heart Institute, outpatient clinic, participated in this study. Twenty patients were trained by aerobic exercise with stationary bicycle and treadmill at 60-65% of maximum heart rate. The other twenty patients were taken as a control group. Both groups were on their medications (Beta blockers) and were instructed to be on their normal activities. All patients were evaluated by Middle Sex Psychological questionnaire for personality trait variables and also evaluated for exercise tolerance indices by cardiopulmonary exercise test before and after three months. The results of this study revealed a significant reduction of personality trait variables for the training group, while revealed insignificant increase for the control group except for the obsessive variable which showed a significant increase. The results also revealed a significant increase of exercise tolerance indices for the training group except for the maximal heart rate which showed insignificant increase, while for the control group, there was insignificant increase of all exercise tolerance indices except for the maximum heart rate which showed a significant decrease. The results showed a significant reduction in the frequency of the symptoms for the training group, while for the control group; the symptoms frequency remained constant or increased in most of the cases .The results also revealed a statistical significant difference among the changes of both groups except for the maximum heart rate variable of exercise tolerance indices.
Research Keywords
Aerobic training, Females, symptomatic mitral valve prolapse.