Functional resistance training effects on Hs-CRP, FibroScan, and liver enzymes in NAFLD patients
liver fibrosis, steatosis
LIVER FIBROSIS, STEATOSIS
As shown in Table Functional resistance training on the FibroScan examination and liver function.The control group did not receive any intervention, but the test group did functional resistance training group 24 sessions over 8 weeks three sessions per week at a local gym. High-sensitivity C-reactive protein (Hs-CRP, mg/L), alanine transaminase (ALT, U/L), aspartate aminotransferase (AST, U/L), steatosis (dp/m) and stiffness (kilopascal, kPa). Data are presented as means ± SD.Effects of functional resistance training on Hs-CRP, FibroScan imaging, and liver enzymes in studied groupsAs can be seen, neither the pre-test nor the post-test means for the liver enzyme ALT differed significantly between the two groups. Alternatively, the results of the paired t-test indicated that in the control group, there is no significant difference between the pre-test and post-test levels of each liver enzyme ALT, whereas, in the test group, there is a significant difference (p = 0.008) (Table As can be seen, neither the pre-examination nor the post-examination means levels of the liver enzyme AST differed significantly between the two groups. In contrast, the results indicated that the difference in AST between the pre-test and post-test in the control group is not significant, whereas, in the test group, the difference in these enzymes between the pre-test and post-test is significant (p = 0.03) (Table Before the test, the difference in average steatosis between the control and test groups was not significant; however, this difference was significant after the test (p = 0.03) (Table The difference between the mean levels of liver fibrosis in the control and test groups was not significant before and after the evaluation. The difference between pre-test and post-test means for liver fibrosis in the test group is significant at the 0.05 level (Table 