background and aim:  the stress resulting from premature delivery and the related neonatal care induces psychological and physical pressure on the mothers, and adversely affects their feeling of comfort. it seems that spiritual care as a sort of communication with a higher power (god) can bring peace to the stressed mothers, and prevent anxiety. therefore, this study was designed to evaluate th...

BACKGROUND Although studies have demonstrated the occurrence of postexercise hypotension (PEH) in resistance exercises, there is still no consensus on an ideal protocol. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effects of different rest intervals (RI) between resistance exercise (RE) sets on postexercise blood pressure (BP). METHODS Sixteen sedentary non-hypertensive young men performed three RE protocols...

© 2003 Canadian Medical Association or its licensors Poster presentations are used to disseminate new knowledge at scientific conferences and meetings and to provide opportunities for liaison within the scientific community. The factors that influence people’s decisions to visit scientific posters are not well understood. Through a MEDLINE search, we found only 2 studies that addressed poster d...

This study investigated the chronic effect of blood pressure (BP) and post-exercise hypotension (PEH) during resistance training (RT) and its relation with the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) gene insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphism in hypertensive elderly women. Participants were divided into two groups: an experimental group (EG) with exercise and a control group (CG) without exercise. ...

INTRODUCTION Postexercise massage can be used to help promote recovery from exercise on the cellular level, as well as systemically by increasing parasympathetic activity. No studies to date have been done to assess the effects of massage on postexercise metabolic changes, including excess postexercise oxygen consumption (EPOC). The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of massage re...