%0 Journal Article %A Sabzikar, Sakine %A Fathi, Mehrdad %A Darzabi, Teimour %A Hejazi, Keyvan %T The Effect of 12 Weeks of Bariatric and Aerobic Exercises on Metabolic Syndrome Indices in Women %J Physical Treatments - Specific Physical Therapy %V 8 %N 2 %U http://ptj.uswr.ac.ir/article-1-359-en.html %R 10.32598/ptj.8.2.77 %D 2018 %K Exercise, Knee osteoarthritis, Insulin resistance, Lipid, %X Purpose: Osteoarthritis is a frequent complication in the middle-aged or older people. Besides pain and swelling, this disease causes deformity and difficulty in walking. The current study compared the effects of 12 weeks bariatric and aerobic exercises on the metabolic syndrome in women with knee osteoarthritis. Methods: In this quasi-experimental study, 24 women with knee osteoarthritis were selected by convenience sampling method. They were randomly divided into two groups of the bariatric (n=12) and aerobic (n=12) exercises. The training included aerobic and bariatric exercises at 60%-65% rate of the heart rate reserve. The program included a 12-week training, performed three times per week and each session lasted for 30 to 60 minutes. Intra- and inter-group comparisons were performed by dependent t-test and Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA), respectively. The level of significance was set at P %> http://ptj.uswr.ac.ir/article-1-359-en.pdf %P 77-84 %& 77 %! %9 Research %L A-10-274-7 %+ Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran. %G eng %@ 2423-5830 %[ 2018