OBJECTIVES Physical fitness is related to all-cause mortality, quality of life and risk of falls in patients with type 2 diabetes. This study aimed to analyse the impact of a long-term community-based combined exercise program (aerobic+resistance+agility/balance+flexibility) developed with minimum and low-cost material resources on physical fitness in middle-aged and older patients with type 2 ...

Sport specific training in basketball players should focus on vertical jump height and agility in consistent with demands of the sport. Since plyometrics training improves vertical jump height and agility, it can be useful training strategy to improve the performance of basketball players. A convenience sample of thirty professional basketball players were recruited. Following pre-intervention ...

the purpose of the present study was to determine the effect of three and five sessions on of the continuous aerobic training on high sensitive c-reactive protein (hs-crp) in wistar 14848 rats (325.6+4.93 grams, 21.5 months old and they stopped fertility for at least 3 months). for this purpose, 56 rats were divided randomly into a control group and two experimental groups. the experimental gro...

OBJECTIVE To examine the effect of a 6-week prehabilitation exercise training program on presurgical quadriceps strength for patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty (TKA). DESIGN Two-arm, parallel, randomized, controlled pilot trial. SETTING Private exercise space in a research facility. PARTICIPANTS Twenty-two patients scheduled for primary TKA. METHODS Participants completed a ser...

Loss of balance and falling are critical concerns for older adults. Physical activity can improve balance and decrease the risk of falling. The purpose of this study was to evaluate a simple, low-cost exercise program for community-dwelling older adults. Sixteen senior adults were evaluated using the Senior Fitness Test for measures of functional strength, aerobic endurance, dynamic balance and...

objective: environmental pollution is of major concern today and lead is considered to be one of the most important environmental pollutants. long-term contact with lead causes harmful effects to humans. this study seeks to determine the effects of curcuma longa (turmeric extract) consumption and exercise training on glutathione peroxidase and protein carbonyl in kidney and spleen tissues from ...

To observe the effect of yogasanas and yoga breathing maneuvers (YBM) on body flexibility, balance, muscular strength reaction time middle aged blue-collar individuals, 8 healthy blue collar, males (age 37±6.2 years) were trained in for 12 weeks. First 6 weeks, they practiced mostly yogasanas. From 7th week, progressively YBM practice increased up to 12th week. Their maximal hand grip (HGS) HGS...

STUDY DESIGN Randomized clinical trial, single-masked. OBJECTIVES To determine the effectiveness of using a modified neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) training program as an adjunct treatment for improving quadriceps strength and physical function in rehabilitation following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR). BACKGROUND NMES training for quadriceps strengthening has...

To test the hypothesis that increases in muscle strength and flexibility are developed by specific training programs, 43 healthy young adults were tested before and after 4 different interventions conducted twice a week for 12 weeks: (a) resistance training only (n = 13); (b) flexibility training only (n = 11); (c) resistance and flexibility training (n = 9); and (d) no intervention (n = 10). T...