objective: to compare the effects of aerobic and stretching exercises on severity of primary dysmenorrhea. materials and methods: this randomized clinical trial was conducted on 105 female students who were suffering from primary dysmenorrhea. the participants were divided into aerobic exercise, stretching exercise, and control groups. the two intervention groups did the exercises three times a...

Obese people prefer and overconsume high-fat foods. At the same time they often attempt to lose weight. In two studies we investigated relations between palatable high-fat food words and disinhibition related concepts (study 1) and palatable high-fat food words and restraint related concepts (study 2) within the semantic priming paradigm. In study 1, 24 overweight/obese and 19 healthy weight wo...

PURPOSE Adolescents' physical activity levels during school break time are low and understanding correlates of physical activity and sedentary time in this context is important. This study investigated cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between a range of individual, behavioural, social and policy/organisational correlates and objectively measured school break time physical activity ...

Well known as the primary source of commissioned officers for both the Navy and Marine Corps, the United States Naval Academy (USNA) is an undergraduate educational institution with emphasis on technical education. This technical education is supplemented with designand-build projects, hands-on demonstrations, and laboratory exercises using a wide variety of state-of-the-art test equipment. The...

Peripheral muscle dysfunction is a recognized and important systemic consequence of many chronic diseases. Peripheral muscle weakness is associated with excess utilization of health care recourses, morbidity and /or mortality in patients with COPD, congestive heart failure, liver and frail elderly. In the latter group, muscle weakness was associated with significant increase in falling and fall...

INTRODUCTION falling, and fear of falling, significantly affect older people and their lifestyle resulting in loss of confidence, restriction of activity and deteriorating quality of life. Multi-factorial assessment and active participation in an evidence-based exercise programme are key interventions to prevent and manage falls. OBJECTIVE to examine older people's experiences of therapeutic ...

[Purpose] The present study analyzed the effect of the Togu exercise program on the lumbar back strength of middle-aged women who did not perform regular exercise, and presents an effective exercise method for middle-aged women with chronic low back pain symptom. [Subjects] The subjects were 16 women with chronic low back pain attending N University, Chungcheong-do, Korea. [Methods] Height, wei...

Limitation of exercise capacity is a hallmark of chronic congestive heart failure (HF), varying directly with the severity of the disease. Muscular fatigue and dyspnea on exertion are the most common symptoms of exercise intolerance; however, their origin is still not fully explained. Heart failure is a multifaceted clinical syndrome characterized by the inability of the heart to generate cardi...

This study investigated whether physical activity levels and other outcomes were maintained at 1-year from completion of a 2-year telerehabilitation intervention in COPD. During the post-intervention year, nine patients with COPD (FEV1 % of pred. 42.4±19.8%; age 58.1±6 years) were encouraged to exercise on a treadmill at home and monitor daily symptoms and training sessions on a webpage as duri...