Open AccessCASE STUDY: WEIGHT LOSS CAUSES IMPROVEMENT IN METABOLIC SYNDROME AND COST EFFECTIVE
Author(s) -
Muhammad Sarfraz,
Erum Naz,
Arham Shamsi,
Syeda Amool Sakeena Rizvi,
Roomi Ilyas
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
pakistan journal of rehabilitation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2311-3863
pISSN - 2309-7833
DOI - 10.36283/pjr.zu.2.2/010
Subject(s) - medicine , weight loss , physical therapy , depression (economics) , diabetes mellitus , obesity , economics , macroeconomics , endocrinology
A case report study conducted in a tertiary care hospital to determine theeffectiveness of supervised exercise diet plan along with behavioral therapy toreduce weight in the metabolic syndrome. A 54 years old obese male wasselected to conduct the study that suffering from diabetes for last 10 years,hypertensive previous 13 years, knee osteoarthritis previous 8 years back andalso has complaint of dyspnea as a result facing severe problems in his ADL. Hewas on 8 different medications when he visited a Physiotherapy OPD in a tertiarycare hospital by his consultant to secure his health status. He was than enrolledin fitness program to reduce weight under supervision of a physical therapist.According to his lab reports he was highly on health risk and was going in severedepression due to the difficulty facing in his daily life. The out measures of ourstudy was Visual Analogue scale, Exercise and diet plan with counselingsessions, after 16 weeks supervised exercise diet plan and counseling sessionswe observe a marked improvement in glucose tolerance, exercise tolerance,lipid profile and hypertension. The patient was following exercise plan for5days/week and diet plan throughout the month with a single counselingsession in a week with marked reduction in medications. Our study concludesthat the medically supervised weight-loss program facilitates is safe andeffective in weight