Aquatic Therapy in Bone Mineral Density in Rats After Paw Disuse by Immobilization

Gomes, Nívea Maria André; Souza, Karla Camila Lima de; Rabelo, Michelle; Fortes, Jefferson Pacheco do Amaral; Barbosa, Lívia Sousa; Craveiro, Raquel Magalhães Castelo Branco; Vasconcelos-Filho, Francisco Sérgio Lopes; Júnior, Francisco Fleury Uchôa Santos; Ceccatto, Vânia Marilande

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“…The adapted therapeutic protocol (Gomes et al, 2016) started with 3 minutes a day followed by daily increase of 3 minutes until reaching 36 minutes at the end of the second week. A resistance was applied in the tail of the animal, corresponding to 5% of its body weight in order to avoid the fluctuation during the aquatic therapy.…”

Section: Aquatic Therapymentioning

confidence: 99%

Hepatic glycogen levels in female rats submitted to aquatic therapy after muscle disuse

Fortes¹,

Carvalho²,

Alves

et al. 2017

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The aim of the present study was to analyse the changes in liver glycogen content in rats subjected to aquatic therapy post-disuse of the paw. 32 wistar adult female rats were equally divided: Control (C), kept in the cage for two weeks without interventions; Disuse (D) had the right paw immobilized with hip extension, knee and plantar flexion for two weeks; Aquatic Therapy (AT) underwent aquatic therapy with increments of 3 minutes daily for two weeks, totalizing 36 minutes of training; Disused Aquatic Therapy (DTA) was first subjected to immobilization for two weeks and 24 hours after withdrawal of immobilization aquatic therapy was started for two more weeks, in same protocols of D and AT groups. At the end of the experiment, the animals were sacrificed, and tissues were dissected, weighed and stored. The liver tissues were referred analysis of glycogen content. It was observed that the blood glucose levels of the AT group (104 mg/dL) were different from the C group (86 mg/dL; p = 0.0213). Regarding hepatic glycogen, the D (2.35mg±0.07) and AT (2.73mg±0.07) groups had hepatic glycogen reduction by 22% and 15%, relative to C (2.51mg±0.03); p <0.0001). The DTA group presented no differences when compared to the control, suggesting the normalization of the finding. Muscle disuse by two weeks promoted changes in glycogen levels, however, two weeks after disuse condition, the aquatic therapy were able to correct the energetic reserve in liver.

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Section: Aquatic Therapymentioning

confidence: 99%