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the effect of regular physical activity at home on patients' physical status after coronary artery bypasses surgery     hemmati maslakpak m [1] *, amirian z [2] , khalkhali hr [3] , salehi sh [4]     received: 5 aug, 2011 accepted: 3 nov, 2011     abstract   background & aims : coronary artery disease causes mortality and disability of large part of a country's productive people. oxyg...

background & aim : despite the well evidenced health benefits of regular physical activity, many iranian college students do not engage in physical activity sufficiently. the aim of this study was to assess cognitive factors related to regular physical activity in college students in hormozgan university of medical sciences, bandar abbass, iran. methods & materials : a total of 314 students fro...

background : regular physical activity is important for midlife women. models and theories help better understanding this behavior among middle-aged women and better planning for change behavior in target group. this study aimed to investigate predictive factors of regular physical activity among middle-aged women based on precede model as a theoretical framework. methods : this descriptive-ana...

this article examines women's discursive space of physical activity in order to answer an important question: why most women have problems with regular physical activity and cannot permanently benefit from a long-term regular exercise program. the analysis was performed with concepts discussed in the discourse theory of laclau and mouffe(1995). there are two main discourses in the women&ap...

background: because of the sedentary lifestyle and decreasing mobility and physical activity of the modern man, non-contagious diseases are rising. nurses and emergency medical personnel are of the individuals who due to their stressful jobs and intensive shift work do not have enough physical activity. the aim of this study was to determine the factors related to regular physical activity amon...

the aim of the current descriptive study was to determine the relationship between perfectionism and social physique anxiety in women with regular physical activity. for this purpose, frost (1990) multidimensional perfectionism scale, the social physique anxiety (spa) questionnaire of hart et al. (1989) and ebc scale of cardinal (1997) were administered to 229 women who participated in mashhad ...

conclusions maternal physical activity affects children’s physical activity, and is affected by mother’s self-efficacy. yet based on the findings of this study, regarding the role model effects of mothers in children aged 10-12 years, researchers proposed that interventions related to physical activity in children would work better if they are set to increase self-efficacy in mothers, which in ...