Effectiveness of volumetric pneumopressing in patients with type 2 diabetes and metabolic obesity with normal body weight

Abstract

In the paper the influence of the volumetric pneumopressing on adipose and muscle body tissues in type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2) patients with metabolic obesity  and normal body weight were studied. In 14 patients with DM2 aged 49,9±3,6 years with a BMI<25.0 kg/m2 and the percentage of adipose tissue (AT) exceeding the  age limit, a course of volumetric pneumopressing (8-10 sessions 30 min each) was carried out. The percentage of AT and muscle tissue (MT), thickness of fat layer on  the anterior abdominal wall, the inner thigh surface and buttock were examined before and after treatment. It was found that all of patients selected for the study had  the percentage of MT below age norma. After physiotherapeutic course VT and MT levels normalization was found in none of patients, but the average level of VT  decreased, and MT – increased, thus VT/MT ratio decreased by 3.75%. At the same time, there was a significant (p<0.05) reduction in the thickness of VT on the front  abdominal wall (11.02%) and buttocks (10.2%) while the inner thigh fat layer reduction was insignificant (7.8%). Thus, it was shown that volumetric pneumopressing in DM2 patients with metabolic obesity and normal body weight optimizes the relationship between the VT and MT by reducing VT without simultaneously reducing he  MT.