Background and Objective: Leptin resistance is an important risk factor for obesity. So, the present study was conducted in order to determine the effectiveness of one-month concurrent training with and without caffeine ingestion on the resting energy expenditure and leptin resistance in overweight women.   Materials and Methods: 20 non-athlete and overweight women in a double-blind and quasi...

Background & Aim: Cardiac functional adaptations are affected by gender, age, intensity and type of exercise. The aim of this study was to compare the effect of endurance, resistance, concurrent training on the cardiac function. Methods: Forty healthy middle-aged women (mean age 44/62±3/45 years, height 157/75±4/87 cm and weight 73/27±10/64 kg) were randomly divided into four groups (10 person...

Introduction: Exercise plays an important role in promoting cardiovascular function. Also concurrent endurance and resistance training can have different effects on the heart. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of endurance, resistance and concurrent resistance and endurance training on the heart structure of healthy middle-aged women. Materials and Methods: Forty healt...

Background: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of concurrent training on pre-inflammatory (IL-1β, TNF-α) and anti-inflammatory (IL-10) cytokines gene expression in women with type2 diabetes. Methods: 18-patients (age30-38, >130 glycemic index) were selected, randomly, and divided into control (n=6) the concurrent training(diabetes, n=6) and the concurrent training (healthy...

Aims The present study investigated the effects of a 10-week concurrent training on the serum levels of vaspin and visfatin in overweight females.  Methods & Materials Twenty-four over-weight females from Kerman City, Iran (Mean±SD age: 11.23±0.62 years; Mean±SD weight: 64.83±2.70kg; Mean±SD BMI: 27.97±0.47 kg/m2) were randomly assigned into the control and concurrent training groups. The inte...

Introduction: High-intensity training increases the expression of anti-inflammatory cytokines and decreases the expression of pre-inflammatory cytokines in healthy individuals. However, there is limited research investigating the role of concurrent training in the expression of these cytokines in diabetics. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of concurrent training on the gene expression of...

Introduction: Physical activity plays a protective role against cardiovascular disease via reducing risk factors. The purpose of this study was to compare effect of concurrent (resistance-aerobic) and aerobic training on lipid profile, blood glucose and blood pressure in middle-aged men at risk for cardiovascular disease. Methods: Twenty-nine untrained male volunteers 36-56 years old particip...