Introduction: The current study aimed to investigate the responses to block- versus evenly-distributed high-intensity interval training (HIT) within a polarized microcycle. Methods: Twenty well-trained junior cross-country skiers (10 males, age 17.6 ± 1.5 and 10 females, age 17.3 ± 1.5) completed two, 3-week periods of training (EVEN and BLOCK) in a randomized, crossover-design study. In EVEN, ...

BACKGROUND Proper exercise training modifies intra miocellular energy utilization, glucose transport and mitochondrial biogenesis. AIM To determine the therapeutic effects of a high intensity intermittent training (HIIT) program on glucose homeostasis, physical fitness and body fat in glucose intolerant patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS Eighteen patients with overweight or obesity and glucose ...

background motor intervention plays an important role in reducing the disabilities of down syndrome (ds). a lack of balance and postural control has created motor problems in ds patients. therefore, the aim of this study was to examine the effect of backward walking on postural stability of ds patients. materials and methods sixteen ds children with 8-10 age range were selected by convenience s...

This study examines the effects of sleep on learning in a face identification task. Five groups of subjects performed a 1-of-10 face identification task in two sessions separated by 3, 12, and 24h. Session 1 consisted of four blocks of 105 trials each; Session 2 consisted of eight blocks of trials. All groups exhibited significant improvement in response accuracy within each session. Furthermor...

Abstract Background and Aims Most patients start maintenance haemodialysis (HD) with a fixed dose of 3 HD sessions per week (3HD/Wk), regardless their residual kidney function (RKF). This intense schedule is considered the “standard” or “conventional” modality (cHD). It widely accepted, no randomised controlled trial (RCT) has examined whether other less frequent schedules are inappropriate har...

the purpose of the present study was to determine the effect of three and five sessions on of the continuous aerobic training on high sensitive c-reactive protein (hs-crp) in wistar 14848 rats (325.6+4.93 grams, 21.5 months old and they stopped fertility for at least 3 months). for this purpose, 56 rats were divided randomly into a control group and two experimental groups. the experimental gro...

We investigate three methods for defining a session on Web search engines. We examine 2,465,145 interactions from 534,507 Web searchers. We compare defining sessions using: 1) Internet Protocol address and cookie; 2) Internet Protocol address, cookie, and a temporal limit on intrasession interactions; and 3) Internet Protocol address, cookie, and query reformulation patterns. Research results s...

Background: Obesity is known as one of the most important cardiovascular risk factors. Objectives: This quasi-experimental study was conducted to investigate effect an eight-week aerobic exercise and garlic extract use on blood pressure, fat percentage, lipid profile patients with hypertension. Methods: A total 50 men a mean age 53 ± 7.6 years were recruited from among obese pressure. They rand...

fMRI-based retinotopic mapping was used to assess systematic variations in activated cortical surface area, amplitude, and coherence across sessions. Seven healthy subjects were scanned at 7 T in three separate sessions with intervals of 51.4 ± 5.4 days (Sessions 1 and 2) and 167.9 ± 24.4 days (Sessions 2 and 3). We found a reduction between Sessions 1 and 2 for activated cortical surface area,...

BACKGROUND Extracurricular programmes could provide a mechanism to increase the physical activity (PA) of primary-school-aged children. The aim of this feasibility study was to examine whether the Action 3:30 intervention, which is delivered by teaching assistants, holds promise as a means of increasing the PA of Year 5 and 6 children. METHODS A cluster randomised feasibility trial was conduc...