Sports Medicine and Health Science (Mar 2021)

Optimal exercise intensity and volume to impact rats with Traditional Chinese Medicine phlegm-dampness constitution

  • Zhangmeng Xu,
  • Yong Chen,
  • Duoduo Yu,
  • Donghong Feng,
  • Chenjian Tang,
  • Tao Li,
  • Jing Zhou,
  • Yaming Yu

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. 28 – 33

Abstract

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Objective: We aim to investigate the effects of different exercise intensities and volumes on Phlegm-dampness constitution (PDC). Methods: The rats were fed with high-fat food and lived in 75%–85% humidity for 6 weeks to establish the model of PDC. Then PDC rats were screened and intervened by varying exercise intensities for 8 weeks. Weight, constitution scores, blood and liver tissues were collected to detect the concentration of serum total cholesterol (Tch), triglyceride (TG), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), homocysteine (Hcy), blood glucose (GLU), alanine transaminase (ALT) and percentage of lipid droplet area in liver tissue (PLDA). Results: The weight, Tch, TG, HDL-C, LDL-C, Hcy, GLU, and ALT of rats in moderate-intensity exercise group returned to normal. The rats with high-intensity or low-intensity exercise did not recover as well as moderate-intensity. Conclusion: Different exercise intensities and volumes have different effects on PDC, moderate-intensity exercise over an 8-week intervention is most appropriate.

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