background: parkinson's disease as a progressive disorder of the nervous system leads to the disability of postural control system. objectives: in the present study the effects of pilates exercises on functional balance in patients with parkinson's was investigated. materials and methods: this control trial included 30 patients with idiopathic parkinson's disease who were selecte...

few studies have investigated the effect of exercise on homocysteine and 15-f21-isoprostane in animal models. the present study was designed to examine the effect of long-term exercise and/ or high cholesterol diet on mda, 15-f21-isoprostane and total homocysteine in the aorta and plasma of rabbits. methods: 56 male rabbits were divided into four groups: normal diet (control), normal diet with ...

purpose the aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between perception of emotional intelligence and beliefs in the extent to which exercising leads to mood-enhancement. methods volunteer participants (n=315) completed a 33-item self-report measure of trait emotional intelligence and an exercise-mood regulation scale. results emotional intelligence significantly correlated with be...

regarding the increasing prevalence of cardiovascular disease (cvd) especially myocardial infarction (mi), and the insufficiency of information in the field of physical rehabilitation, this study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of a course of physical rehabilitation on the psychological status and physical characteristics f cardiac patients. in this study, the effect of 8 weeks exercise ...

there are confirmed beneficiary effects of exercise on atherosclerotic inflammation of ischemia-associated heart diseases. the purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of aerobic exercise on t-regulatory cell markers of il-35 as well as foxp3 and t-helper2 marker of il-33 in patients with ischemic heart disease (ihd). this research was performed on 44 asymptomatic male patients with isc...

the neuregulin is a member of the epidermal growth factors (egf) family of receptor kinases, was originally identified as the product of the transforming gene derived from chemically induced rat neuroblastoms. a variety of different protein isoforms are produced from single neuregulin gene. four distinct vertebrate gene encode neuregulin, prosaically named nrg1, nrg2, nrg3, and nrg4. most of bi...

background & objectives:endocrine hormones, through their anabolic or catabolic function, contribute in body homeostasis. they can be used to assess the physical performance in athletes. this study was performed to determine the resistance training (rt) influences on serum cortisol and dehydroepiandrosterone in trained young females. materials & methods:the study population consisted o...

objectives we aimed to investigate the association between exercise and sexual function among postmenopausal women residing in northern iran. patients and methods using a multistage, randomized sampling method, 405 postmenopausal women, aged 40 to 65 years, were recruited to participate in this population-based, cross-sectional study. the female sexual function index (fsfi) questionnaire and a ...

conclusions in general, it seems that three-month exercise training was effective in reducing cardiac mitochondrial pro-apoptotic protein. however, considering the results of the bcl2 gene expression, more researches are needed to identify effects of exercise trainings on indices of myocardial apoptosis. objectives the aim of this study was to assess the effect of exercise training on bcl-2 and...

the aim of the present study was to investigate the response of plasma visfatin to resistance exercise intensity and its relationship with insulin resistance, growth hormone and il-6. after familiarization and determining their maximum strength (1-rm), 15 healthy young subjects (age: 26.2±4.1 yr, weight: 75.1±9.1 kg) performed three resistance exercise sessions at intensities of 30%, 55% and 80...