Aims: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of six weeks of combined exercises with supplementation of cinnamon on glucose, insulin and fat mass in women with PCOS. Materials and Methods: 40 women with mean age of 24.15 ± 2.64 and BMI of 27.95 ± 1.28 were randomly assigned into 4 groups (exercise, exercise-supplement, supplement, control). Exercise-supplementation and exercise group...

Background and Aims: Stress of vigorous exercise may be causes of disorders in body immune system and appearance of acute and chronic inflammation. Caffeine supplementation prior to exercise can be effective on body immune response. The purpose of this study was the evaluation of short-term caffeine supplementation on some immune and stress index responses in non-active men after an exhaustive ...

Background: The purpose of this study was comparison of the effect of a therapeutic exercise program and oral administration of saffron on the levels of IL-6, TNF-a and glycemic control in type 2 diabetic women Methods: 48 type 2 diabetic obese women were randomly divided into four equal groups (saffron + training, training + placebo, saffron, placebo). The saffron group + training and trainin...

Background and Objective: Cardiovascular disease, especially coronary heart disease, is one of the leading causes of death in women. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of eight weeks of aerobic exercise in the water with and without consumption of green tea on some blood coagulation factors in inactive postmenopausal women. Materials and Methods: The present study is quasi-experimental. 2...

Introduction & Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the resting energy expenditure and metabolic efficiency before and after of aerobic exercise in spastic cerebral palsy children (mean age of 11 years) and also to compare with those of normal children. Materials & Methods : Fifteen dipelegia spastic cerebral palsy children (experimental group) participated in exercise–rehabilita...

Objectives The current study aimed at serving the effects of continuous and interval exercise training on decreasing the depression and anxiety in patients with heart diseases after coronary artery bypass graft surgery.  Methods The research method was semi-experimental and the statistical population included the cardiac patients after coronary artery bypass graft surgery at Tehran Heart Cente...

Background and Objective: Obesity, a public health problem is growing in prevalence over the past decade. Obesity increases mortality risk and there is evidence that obesity in youth is a more powerful predictor of this risk than obesity in adulthood. The purpose of the present study is to examine the effect of walking exercise in order to reduce obesity in sedentary obese girls. Materials and ...

Background: Cardiovascular disease is becoming the major cause of human morbidity and mortality in most countries of the world.These diseases are now among the top three causes of death and disability in human around the world. The aim of this study was to determin the effect of aerobic exercise on levels of HS-CRP, insulin resistance index and lipid profile in untrained middle-aged women. Met...