Objectives We aimed to investigate the effect of acute endurance exercise on the amount of Myostatin, as most important protein, involved in sarcopenia in healthy elderly men. Methods & Materials 11 healthy elderly men (mean age=68±2.1 years, height=177±1.3 cm, weight=79±1.5) volunteered to participate in this study. At first, the subject’s descriptive and physiologi...

the purpose of the present study was to see which one of the two instruction-processing instruction (pi) and meaningful output based instruction (mobi) accompanied with prompt and recast- is more effective on efl learners’ writing accuracy. in order to homogenize the participants in term of language proficiency a preliminary english test (pet) was administrated between 74 intermediate students ...

Background & Aim: Acute exhaustive activities result in the physiological and immunological changes of the human body. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of short-term consumption of Aloe Vera extract on immunoglobulin M, G, A responses and cortisol concentrations in active girls following exhaustive CrossFit exercise. Methods: In this study, 30 healthy young girls (age 23.03 ± 2...

Background: Irisin is a myokine that secrets from muscle during and after the exercise and induces non-shivering thermogenesis after stimulation of uncoupling protein-1 (UCP1) gene expression and elevation of number and size of mitochondria. Therefore, irisin activity is effective in reduction of fat percent that lead to treatment of obesity. The aim of this review study was to investigate the ...

Background : Leptin resistance is one of the most influential Insulinoma hyper market factors and the absence of glucose in being overweight is associated with disease. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of aerobic exercise, resistance exercise on serum leptin and insulin resistance index in sedentary men. Materials and Methods: The research method was experimental in which ...

ABSTRACT              Background and Objectives: Cardiac rehabilitation improves functional capacity of post-coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) patients. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate effects of eight weeks of cardiac rehabilitation on serum levels of sirutin1 (SIRT1) and functional capacity of post-CABG patients.              Methods: Forty-five non-active men (mean ag...

Introduction: Antioxidant enzymes protect cells against reactive oxygen species. This study investigated the effects of Curcumin and L-Carnitine supplementation on antioxidant enzymes in the body of basketball players after an acute bout of exercise. Methods: 30 female basketball players participated in this quasi-experimental study. After obtaining written consents, the participants were rand...