Journal of Practical Hepatology ›› 2020, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (3): 360-363.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1672-5069.2020.03.015

• Nonalcoholic fatty liver diseases • Previous Articles    

Efficacy and safety evaluation of exercise prescription in the treatment ofpatients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Zhang Yanan, Fan Zhuping   

  1. Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, RenJi Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University,Shanghai 200135, China
  • Published:2020-05-27

Abstract: Objective The aim of this study was to explore the efficacy and safety of exercise prescription in the treatment of patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Methods A total of 59 patients with NAFLD were recruited in this study, and were randomly divided into exercise-intervened (n=33) and control group (n=26). The patients with NAFLD in the intervention group were givenexercise prescription with aerobic exercise and resistance movement, and those in the control were not. Results At the end of three-month intervention, the body weights, body mass index, whole body fat contents and waist circumferences in patients with NAFLD in the exercise-intervened group were from (81.9±10.4) kg, (28.5±2.4)kg/m2, (25.4±4.9)kg and (92.2±6.5)cm decreased to , and the controlled attenuation parameter decreased from (281.5±15.4)dB/m through , while those parameters didn’t changed significantly in the control. Conclusion Our preliminary studies suggest that exercise prescription is safe, efficacious and tolerable in patients with NAFLD.

Key words: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, Exercise prescription, Aerobic exercise, Resistance movement, Controlled attenuation parameter