INTRODUCTION Postpartum fatigue is a pervasive phenomenon and often affects mothers immediately after delivery. The present study aimed to assess the effect Pilates home exercises had on postpartum maternal fatigue. METHODS A total of 80 women participated in our clinical trial study. The women were randomly divided into two groups - the intervention group (n = 40) and the control group (n = ...

[Purpose] While recent studies have reported that cardiac rehabilitation is an effective treatment, there have been few studies of its effects in rehabilitation for acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Therefore, the purpose of this study was to identify the effects of a home-based exercise training using a wireless electrocardiogram (ECG) monitoring device on ACS patients. [Subjects] Fifty ACS patie...

Background Regular exercises decrease the risk of various diseases. This is a reason to recommend exercises for health promotion. Thus American Heart Association (AHA) and American College of Sport Medicine (ACSM) have issued guidelines for young people resistance exercises. Aim: To investigate the effect of resistance training exercise on hematological, immunological and coagulation parameters...

OBJECTIVE To systematically review the available evidence on the efficacy of the Pilates method in patients with chronic nonspecific low back pain. METHOD Searches were performed in MEDLINE, EMBASE, PEDro, SciELO, LILACS, CINAHL and CENTRAL in March 2013. Randomized controlled trials that tested the effectiveness of the Pilates method (against a nontreatment group, minimal intervention or oth...

the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of endurance, resistance and concurrent training on plasma leptin levels of male students. for this purpose, 48 male university students (mean age 21.45 years) participated in this study. subjects were randomly assigned to three exercise groups: endurance group (n=12), resistance group (n=12) and concurrent group (n=12) and a control group (n=...

QUESTIONS Does a 12-week, predominantly home-based program of progressive resistance exercises reduce impairments, activity limitations, and participation restrictions in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease? Are any gains maintained 12 weeks after the cessation of the program? DESIGN Randomised controlled trial with concealed allocation, assessor blinding, and intention-to-treat...

conclusions the findings suggest that chronic coadministration of nandrolone with moderate-intensity endurance exercise facilitates the vf occurrence in rat. complementary studies are needed to elucidate the involved mechanisms of this abnormality. results nandrolone, exercise, and their combination were associated with heart hypertrophy. exercise could prevent the incremental effect of nandrol...

retinol binding protein4 (rbp4) is a type of adipokine which transports vitamin a to serum. rbp4 could be a bridge between obesity and insulin resistance. this study aimed to investigate the effects of aerobic exercises on rbp4 serum's concentration and metabolic syndrome risk factors in obese women.twenty obese women with body max index 35.81±3.67kg/m2, fat percentage 43.98±4.02, and waist to ...