OBJECTIVE To study the effects of an aquatic therapy program with different frequencies (2 vs 3 days per week) in chronic low back pain. DESIGN [corrected] Non-randomized comparison trial. SETTING Sport and spa community health club. SUBJECTS Fifty-four adults with chronic low back pain (48.9 ± 10.0 years). INTERVENTION Eight-week aquatic therapy program. OUTCOME MEASURES Pain (visual...

BACKGROUND The effects of replacing time in specific activity categories for other categories (e.g. replacing sedentary time with light activity) on health and fitness are not well known. This study used isotemporal substitution to investigate the effects of substituting activity categories in an equal time exchange fashion on health and fitness in young people. METHODS Participants were draw...

BACKGROUND The fitness of Canadian children and youth has not been measured in more than two decades, a period during which childhood obesity and sedentary behaviours have increased. This paper provides up-to-date estimates of the fitness of Canadians aged 6 to 19 years. DATA AND METHODS Data are from the 2007-2009 Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS), the most comprehensive direct health m...

the purpose of this study was to determine whether a 45 bp insertion/deletion (i/d) polymorphism in human uncoupling protein 2 (hucp2) gene was associated with changes in several cardiovascular risk and physical fitness factors in response to combined exercise during 12 weeks in korean middle-aged women. the changes in physiological parameters after combined exercise during 12 weeks were compar...

QUESTIONS What proportion of people after total knee arthroplasty adheres to the physical activity regimen recommended for maintenance of health (moderate intensity physical activity for at least 30min on 5 days/week)? What proportion adheres to the activity regimen recommended to improve fitness (vigorous intensity physical activity for at least 20min on 3 days/week)? What factors are associat...

Aerobic power (VO2max) is an important indicator of the health and physical fitness. Executive problems in direct VO2max measurement has led to developing sub-maximal aerobic power prediction equations. The purpose of present study was to develop native aerobic power prediction equation based on 6-Minute Walk Test (6MWT) and body composition indices in children. In 192 healthy children (8 to 12...

Introduction Motor competence (MC) is an important factor in the development of health and fitness in adolescence. Aims This cross-sectional study aims to explore the distribution of MC across school students aged 13-14 years old and the extent of the relationship of MC to measures of health and fitness across genders. Methods A total of 718 participants were tested from three different sch...