Abstract

Purpose. This study aimed to investigate the effect of aerobic exercise on inflammation and female sex hormones in obese PCOS women. Materials and methods. Forty volunteer obese PCOS women were participated in this study, their ages ranged from 20 to 35 years and body mass index (BMI) ranged from 30 to 34.9 kg/m2, they randomly divided into two equal groups in numbers; group A, followed diet control therapy and group B, participated in an aerobic exercise three times per week and followed the same diet control therapy as group A. Both groups were evaluated before and after therapy (12weeks) through measuring their BMI, C-reactive protein (CRP), luteinizing hormone (LH), follicular stimulating hormone (FSH), LH/FSH ratio and modified Ferryman–Gallwey (mFG) scoring system for hirsutism Results. showed that there was a statistically significant difference (P < 0.05) in both groups (A&B) in BMI, LH, FSH, LH/FSH ratio, CRP and mFG in favor to group (B) after therapy (12 weeks). Conclusions. revealed that aerobic exercises are effective in decreasing weight and inflammation which lead to improve fertility by improving female sex hormonal variables.

Key words:

Polycystic ovarian syndrome, Aerobic exercise, Follicular stimulating hormone, luteinizing hormone, C-reactive protein