This study surveyed 28 athletes competing at a regional mixed martial arts (MMA) event. The survey attempted to gather information regarding overall training volume, supplement use, and specific exercises used. The survey return rate was 100% (28/28). Twenty-five out of the 28 athletes supplemented their training with strength training. Overall frequency of strength training sessions/week range...

the purpose of this current study was to investigate the influence of perceptual-motor trainings on motor skills of girls with trainable mental retardation. so 20 girls with trainable mental retardation in the town of marivan welfare organization with the average of 8/3 ±1/11 years and iq of 39/14±6/84 with purposive sampling method were studied. all girls were pretested. then samples based on ...

Question: Does a 3-week, home-based cueing program improve gait, gait-related activity, and health-related quality of life in people with Parkinson’s disease (PD)? Design: A multicentre, single-blinded randomised crossover trial. Setting: University medical centres in the UK, Belgium, and The Netherlands. Patients: 153 patients with PD aged between 41 and 80 years and in Hoehn and Yahr stage II...

PURPOSE Investigating adolescent training loads might help us understand optimal training adaptations. GPS tracking devices and training diaries were used to quantify weekly sport and other physical activity demands placed on adolescent rugby union players and profile typical rugby training sessions. METHODS Participants were 75 males age 14 to 18 y who were recruited from rugby teams represe...

potential confounders. We analyzed the relationship between leisure time physical activity and common cold incidence in 3,470 males who were followed up for 2 years. In contrast, the metaanalysis by Lee et al. included only 281 participants. Therefore, our study had much narrower CIs. For example, compared with the sedentary participants (n = 1,198), those who carried out moderate-level physica...

BACKGROUND Cardiac shock wave therapy (CSWT) improves cardiac function in patients with severe coronary artery disease (CAD). We aimed to evaluate the clinical outcomes of a new CSWT treatment regimen. METHODS The 55 patients with severe CAD were randomly divided into 3 treatment groups. The control group (n = 14) received only medical therapy. In group A ( n = 20), CSWT was performed 3 times...

background: high intensity interval training (hiit) is a novel training method which has received most attention in recent years. the aim of this study was to examine the effect of 8 weeks of high intensity interval training (hiit) on plasma levels of adiponectin and leptin in overweight nurses. m aterials and methods: 27 nurses (mean age 25.81±60 years, height 158.01±67 cm and weight 69.41±25 ...

purpose muslim athletes may continue training and competing while they are fasting. there is a concern about negative effects of fasting on sports performance. this study aimed to investigate the influence of two training time frames on athletes’ body composition and performance during ramadan fasting. methods an observational study was conducted and thirty four male volunteer athletes from dif...

abstract the aim of this study was to examine the effect of relaxation training on anxiety and academic achievement in adolescents. by this mean,40girl students of second grade of middle school in tehran were selected using random cluster sampling and screening in anxiety by completing zoong anxiety self-reporting questionnaire (1970) and divided into two tests and control groups by random assi...