OBJECTIVE Strenuous physical activity, such as military training, is known to demand a high degree of physical performance and to cause overuse injuries. However, the exact relation between injury incidence and physical fitness level and the influence of military training on measures of functional performance, such as intermittent endurance capacity and maximal jump performance, are not fully d...

Background: It is well documented that cigarette smoking has negative impacts on body health, as well as social health, economy, culture, etc. Nowadays, there is a large body of evidence that smoking is the cause of numerous life-threatening diseases like cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases along with different kinds of cancer. The aim of this study was to compare the physical fitness of smok...

QUESTION 4: (spinal cord injury OR spinal cord injuries OR spinal cord trauma OR paraplegia OR tetraplegia OR paraparesis OR tetraparesis) AND (osteoporosis OR bone loss OR bone demineralization OR bone density OR rarefaction) AND (physical therapy modalities OR recreation therapy OR exercise OR physical exercise OR physical activity OR physical activities OR movement OR exercise training OR ae...

Lack of physical fitness in obese people, recent decline in physical fitness of young people, and physical fitness problems of thin people are a concern. We investigated the physical fitness characteristics of different obese groups comprising young males with poor physical fitness. Technical college students (144 males; age, 15.9 ± 1.1 y; height, 169.1 ± 5.9 cm; weight, 60.0 ± 13.3 kg) took th...

QUESTION Can physical activity in adults aged 40-65 years enhance strength and balance and prevent falls? DESIGN Systematic review with meta-analysis of randomised clinical trials. PARTICIPANTS Healthy adults aged 40-65 years. INTERVENTION Programs that involved the performance of any physical activity in community settings and workplaces. OUTCOME MEASURES Strength, balance, endurance, ...

BACKGROUND Heart failure (HF) is a systemic disease which affects mainly older adults. The main symptom of HF is exercise intolerance which in the course of disease can cause limitations in independent functioning. So far no study on the impact of HF on physical fitness in men, regardless of disease severity, has been reported. AIM To evaluate physical fitness in men with HF independently of ...

The increased participation of master athletes (i.e., >40 years old) in endurance and ultra-endurance events (>6 h duration) over the past few decades has been accompanied by an improvement in their performances at a much faster rate than their younger counterparts. Aging does however result in a decrease in overall endurance performance. Such age-related declines in performance depend upon the...

A daily routine of physical activity is highly beneficial in the prevention and treatment of many prevalent chronic diseases, especially of the cardiovascular (CV) system. However, chronic, excessive sustained endurance exercise may cause adverse structural remodeling of the heart and large arteries. An evolving body of data indicates that chronically training for and participating in extreme e...

It is recognised that regular physical activity and a high level of fitness are powerful predictors of positive health outcomes. There is a long and rich history of significant feats of human endurance with some, for example, the death of the first marathon runner, Pheidippides, associated with negative health outcomes. Early studies on endurance running used X-ray and interview techniques to e...