background & objectives: several epidemiological studies have indicated factors such as leptin level, adiponectin and plasma adiponectin-to-leptin index to be the predicting biomarkers for cardiovascular diseases. given the importance of healthy nutrition and adequate exercise in reducing the risk of atherosclerosis, this study aimed to investigate the effects of fasting and aerobic exercise on...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effects of an 8-month training program with standardized exercises on aerobic and anaerobic capacity in children and adolescents with cerebral palsy. DESIGN Pragmatic randomized controlled clinical trial with blinded outcome evaluation between July 2005 and October 2006. SETTING Participants were recruited from 4 schools for special education in the Netherlands. ...

Objective: Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disorder associated with impaired serum skeletal muscle pain enzymes levels. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of 8 weeks aerobic training with and without vitamin C consumption on serum levels of Creatine Kinase (CK) in type 2 diabetic patients (T2DM). Materials and Methods: In this clinical trial 45 women (30-45 years) with T2...

Musculoskeletal symptoms, especially in the upper body, are frequent among professional symphony orchestra musicians. Physical exercise may relieve pain but might also interfere with playing performance. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the feasibility and effect of "specific strength training" (SST) versus "general fitness training" (GFT). METHODS A feasibility study using randomized controlled metho...

Aim: The present study aimed to analyze if the exergaming exercise produces same acute effects as conventional training. Methods: Nintendo® Wii was chosen stimulus for this study. Participants should conduct a physical training session under Exergames Training (ET) and Conventional (CT). Both conditions use two aerobic exercises six strength exercises, which were always performed in sequence. g...

conclusions this study demonstrated that rt and at are equally effective in reducing hepatic fat content and liver enzyme levels among patients with nafld. however, aerobic exercise specifically improves nafld independent of any change in body weight. results after training, hepatic fat content was markedly reduced, to a similar extent, in both the aerobic and resistance exercise training group...

INTRODUCTION Developing effective exercise programmes for the paediatric population is a strategy for decreasing obesity and is expected to help in eventually limiting obesity-associated long-term health and societal impact. In this study, the effects of a 12-week twice weekly additional exercise training, which comprised a combination of circuit-based resistance training and aerobic exercises,...

Mailing address: Marcos Doederlein Polito • Departamento de Educação Física Universidade Estadual de Londrina Rodovia Celso Garcia Cid, km 380 86051-980 Londrina, PR Brazil E-mail: [email protected] Manuscript received October 02, 2009; revised manuscript received December 11, 2009; accepted February 12, 2010. Abstract Post-exercise hypotension (PEH) may follow a session of physical exercises...