BACKGROUND One of the most important risk factors for cardiovascular disease is hypertension. 1 billion people in the world and 25-35% of the adult population in Iran suffer from hypertension. Despite the emphasis on medicational treatments, non-medicational treatments and modification of lifestyle, including physical activity and exercise, are important for the control and treatment of hyperte...

background : adiposity is correlated with metabolic complications, such as insulin resistance, glucose intolerance, hypertension etc. that finally can lead to coronary heart disease (chd). physical activity plays an important role in prevention of these diseases. we aimed to study body fat and plasma lipids and lipoproteins in different levels of physical fitness; also to examine any relationsh...

In the course of investigating the enzyme content of spores of Bacillus terminalis (since identified as a strain of Bacilu cereus), the observation was made that well cleaned spores exhibited considerable catalase activity. Such activity in a spore preparation can be attributed in most cases to improper cleaning, as stressed by Hardwick and Foster (1953). In our case, however, it was found that...

BACKGROUND The importance of physical activity as a modifiable risk factor for stroke in particular and cardiovascular disease in general is well documented. The effect of exercise on stroke severity and stroke outcomes is less clear. This study aimed to assess that effect. METHODS Data collected for patients enrolled in the Ischemic Stroke Genetics Study were reviewed for prestroke self-repo...

Introduction:   Muscle weakness and balance problems are limiting factors in Multiple sclerosis patients that can be improved due to physical activity. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of 8 weeks of aerobic exercise on balance function and Physiological Cost Index in patients with MS in Yazd city in 1394. Methods: This quasi-experimental study was conducted in two stages...

Fish larvae are the world's smallest vertebrates, and their high rates of mortality may be partially owing to a very limited aerobic scope. Unfortunately, however, no complete empirical dataset exists on the relationship between minimal and maximal metabolism (and thus aerobic scope) for any fish species throughout ontogeny, and thus such an association is hard to delineate. We measured standar...