Saleem Abdulfattah Aldajani
Dahrahan Ahliyaa School, Dammam, East, SAUDI ARABIA
In Saudi Arabia, publications in 2010 revealed that 25% of the population is classified obese, which contributes to 20 thousand deaths yearly. Physical activities with decreased caloric intake are the general recommendations for the reduction of obesity, but not viable for the disabled persons due to movement restrictions. This project develops an initial cardiovascular solution which predicts that if trancutaneous cardiac pacing sessions for obese persons stimulate the heart to 65% of maximum rate, it will increase oxygen consumption and metabolism, triggering weight loss.
The first set of testing incorporated fifteen patients under pacemaker treatments during an intensive four month period. Oxygen consumption and metabolism were measured under pacemaker utilization and at cessation. The second set of experiments was performed on twelve animal samples, which measured metabolic rates in case and control samples. Each case sample was exposed to three twenty-minute pacemaker sessions weekly with a scheduled weight examination to all samples in a four week period.
Data from medical patients revealed that pacemaker utilization increased oxygen consumption and metabolism by 35%. The adjacent animal study displayed a 25-30% increase in metabolic rate, with an average significant weight loss of 470gm from 5200gm in the four week period.
The results from this preliminary system will generate standards for disabled patients necessitating weight loss. The future implementation of cardiac stimulation devices using timed sessions of pacing and electrotherapy on obese disabled individuals will initiate a system of weight loss techniques that can revolutionize the effective solutions for this targeted group.