it is generally believed that unaccustomed exercise causes myofibrillar damage. in recent years, cold water immersion (cwi) following heavy training sessions and matches has been common aiming at reducing soreness. however, there is no strong scientific rationality if this method really accelerates recovery after exercise. in addition, there is a question that if it is possible for this method ...

the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of 8 weeks of selective exercise activity and estrogen supplement on satellite cells in ovariectomized sprague-dawley rats. at first, subjects were ovariectomized and after one month of complete recovery, they were randomly divided into four groups: control, exercise activity, estrogen supplement, and exercise and estrogen supplement. only exe...

introduction: fasting during ramadan is a religious obligation for healthy adult muslims. this study aimed to investigate the effects of ramadan fasting and physical activity on blood hematological and biochemical parameters in male and female subjects. methods: in this study, 50 healthy subjects were randomly assigned to four groups: male control fasting (mcf) group (n=13), male training fasti...

conclusions the findings suggest that estrogen supplementation increases damage in testicular tissue due to eccentric exercise. results conventional light microscopic results revealed that testes tissues of the eccentric exercise administered group and the estrogen supplemented group exhibited slight impairment. in groups that were both eccentrically exercised and estrogen supplemented, more de...

background : cancer is a disease which is identified by abnormal deformation of the cells. one of the common side effects of the cancer is fatigue that affects on patients’ life quality and leads to disability. exercise has an important role in improving these patients’ life quality and can be used as a complementary treatment during and after the cancer treatment. unfortunately, despite good e...

introduction: strength training has an important role in the exercise programs of normal individuals and athletes and it also has numerous benefits on the health of human body and spirit. one of the types of these exercise is eccentric resistance exercise which is associated with negative physiological changes. thus: this study examined the effects of a single bout of eccentric resistance exerc...

purpose aerobic exercise has been identified as the main treatment for type 2 diabetic patients. such an exercise, however, is usually repined by some of patients who suffer from lack of stamina. therefore, whole body vibration has recently been introduced as a passive intervention. the present study aimed at comparing how aerobic exercise and whole body vibration affect glycaemia control in ty...

background: the women with breast cancer experience high rates of morbidity due to different treatments. the objective of this study was to evaluate the role of aerobic exercise in the quality of life (qol) among women suffering from breast cancer in hamadan, western iran. method: participants who had consummated the eligibility criteria were randomly assigned in exercise group (n=30) and contr...

background:  the purpose of the present study was to examine whether a first bout of exhaustive exercise can change inflammo-endocrine responses to second subsequent similar exercise on the same day.  cortisol, tnf-α, and adenosin deaminas enzyme (ada) were assessed during a progressive endurance protocol. methods: eight well trained endurance runners (aged 23.13±3.39 years; weight, 66.21±9.47 ...

a role of adenosine in pathogenesis of syndrome x has recently been postulated. previous studies suggest that aminophylline (an adenosine receptor blocker) improves exercise tolerance in this disorder. present study was performed to examine the efficacy of theophylline in syndrome x and to determine the incidence of cardiovascular risk factors and clinical, ecg and angiographic findings in thes...