PURPOSE To investigate if persons with high physical activity at work have the same benefits from leisure time physical activity as persons with sedentary work. METHODS In the Copenhagen City Heart Study, a prospective cohort of 7,411 males and 8,916 females aged 25-66 years without known cardiovascular disease at entry in 1976-78, 1981-83, 1991-94, or 2001-03, the authors analyzed with sex-s...

background: the correct appraisal of the employees' work ability is important for employers in the economic viewpoint. improving the personnel's work ability is a way to increase the productivity of human resources in industries and organizations. the purpose of this research was to evaluate the ability of employees by work ability index (wai) and physical work capacity (pwc) and to find a corr...

The influence of the physical activity environment in the home and at work on cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and objectively-measured physical activity has not been extensively studied. We recruited 147 women with a (mean ± SD) age of 54 ± 7 years and without evidence of chronic disease. The physical activity environment was assessed by self-report (Assessing Levels of PHysical Activity or ALP...

background: the aim of the study was to analyze the reliability of the korean version of the news and to investigate the relationship between walking and environmental factors by gender. methods: a total of 1407 korean adults, aged 20-59 yr, participated in the study. data were collected between sep 2013 and oct 2013. to examine the test-retest reliability, 281 of the 1407 participants were ask...

conclusions according to the results, interventions based on socioecological model can positively affect women’s physical activity. results the results indicated insignificant differences between the two groups in terms of perceived social, physical, and political support and also with regard to level of physical activity before intervention. however after the intervention and according to inde...

the objective of this study was to investigate the validity and reliability of the farsi version of the perceived benefits/barriers scale of physical activity in iranian elderly.overall, 388 elderly subjects (60 yr and over) completed the demographic characteristics questionnaire, the exercise benefits/barriers scale (ebbs) and the yale physical activity scale. data were analyzed through of exp...

our aim was to investigate the frequency of the behaviors that are most often associated with excess weight gain in kuwaitis and to determine which gender and age groups are at highest risk for each behavior.a questionnaire developed to identify barriers to exercise in western populations was modified for use with kuwaitis and posted online during september through december 2012. data from 1370...

conclusions exercise test performance was affected by lower quality of life and lower physical activity after lt. with the exception of hypertension, well known factors that affect the risk of coronary artery disease had no effect on the exercise test results. objectives this study examined potential relationships between physical activity, health-related quality of life (hrqol), risk factors f...