the purpose of this study was to examine the relation between daily steps and aerobic steps, and anthropometric variables, using the waist-to-hip ratio (whr) and waist-to-height ratio (whtr).the participants in this cross-sectional study were taken the measurements of by a trained anthropologist and then instructed to wear an omron pedometer for seven consecutive days. a series of statistical t...

background: promoting physical activity is one of the most effective strategies for reducing the risk of some chronic and non-communicable diseases. one of the theoretical approaches to the promotion of physical activity is the transtheoretical model. the aim of this study was to determine the effect of transtheoretical model-based education on promoting physical activity among employees of abu...

conclusions postural stress among female machinists can increase the level of si to fairly risky and dangerous. also, changes in rating hand/wrist qec scores with hand/wrist si score were proportional in the studied samples. the si can increase under the influence of noise above 85 db, although it is not statistically significant. results there was no significant difference between work experie...

conclusions our findings revealed that aerobic exercise increases self-esteem. an improvement in educational, family, social, and general self-esteem scores was seen only in the experimental group. results the results showed that although the self-esteem average score was not significant before the intervention, it increased significantly in the experimental group. in the experimental group, th...

background: educational interventions to promote physical activity are one of the health priorities. a theoretical approach to promote and maintain physical activity is the transtheoretical model (ttm). this research was conducted to determine the effects of this model on students' physical activity habits in 2011. methods: this quasi-experimental study was conducted on 200 students in two grou...

DOI: 10.1542/peds.2015-4511 Accepted for publication Dec 14, 2015 Address correspondence to Michael A. Barone, MD, MPH, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Charlotte Bloomberg Children’s Hospital, 1800 Orleans St, Suite 8442, Baltimore, MD 21287. E-mail: mbarone@jhmi.edu PEDIATRICS (ISSN Numbers: Print, 0031-4005; Online, 10984275). Copyright © 2016 by the American Academy of Pediatric...

American College of Sports Medicine Position Stand: “PHYSICAL ACTIVXTY, PHYSICAL PITNESS, AND HYPERTENSION.” Med. Sci. SDorfs Exert.. Vol. 25. No. IO. DD. i-x. 1993. Hvnertension is present in epidemic proportions in adults of industrialized societies and is associated with a markedly increwd risk of developing numerous cardiovascular pathologies. There is a continuing debate as to the efftcacy...

Background It is evident that if something is not counted, and physical therapists (PTs) are not generally counted in international health statistics, no one knows how many there are, neither can they measure their contribution to population health or monitor their migration. The World Health Report [1] provides statistics on doctors and nurses primarily. Few data are reported on other health p...