BACKGROUND Postnatal early overfeeding and physical inactivity are serious risk factors for obesity. Physical activity enhances energy expenditure and consumes fat stocks, thereby decreasing body weight (bw). This study aimed to examine whether low-intensity and moderate exercise training in different post-weaning stages of life is capable of modulating the autonomic nervous system (ANS) activi...

The effects of different grades of running on esophageal motility and gastroesophageal reflux in the fed state were evaluated. We studied healthy volunteers (male: 12, age: 27 +/- 5 yr) using ambulatory esophageal manometry, pH catheter and portable digital data recorder. Each exercise was performed 30 min after meal, with 20 min of rest between exercises. Subjects exercised on a treadmill at 4...

Aerobic exercise positively impacts cardiometabolic risk factors and diseases; however, the most effective exercise training strategies have yet to be identified. To determine the effect of high intensity (interval) training (HI(I)T) versus moderate intensity continuous exercise (MICE) training on cardiometabolic risk factors and cardiorespiratory fitness we conducted a 16-week crossover RCT wi...

The hypothesis that an enjoyable distraction during exercise will augment the intensity of positive mood post-exercise was tested. A sample of 84 undergraduate students rated their mood and arousal before and after a standardized exercise, which consisted of walking on a treadmill at a pace of 3.6 mph for 10 minutes. During the work out session, participants watched the same television show, wh...

Smoking can weaken immune function as reported in previous studies. However, benefits of exercise reducing negative effects smoking on salivary lactoferrin responses is scarce to date. Hence, the purpose this study determine an acute bout among smokers and non-smokers. Eighteen sedentary men were recruited; nine (age = 22.4 ± 1.4 years; BMI 22.1 1.1 kg/m2) non-smokers 0.7 years old; 22.5 1.9 kg...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether people with moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) can adhere to a minimally supervised, community-based, vigorous aerobic exercise program. DESIGN Prospective trial. SETTING Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) facilities. PARTICIPANTS Community-dwelling volunteers (N=10; 8 men, 2 women; age range, 22-49y) 6 to 15 months after moderate-to-sever...

Background and objectives: Elderly is characterized by decreased cardiac function, which is widely associated with mitochondrial failure in cell death. Elderly causes heart apoptosis. Although the old heart is vulnerable to apoptosis, physical training and some supplements through different mechanisms could be effective in reducing apoptosis. The present study aimed to investigate the effect of...

the aim of this research was to investigate the effect of 8 weeks of aerobic training and omega-3 fatty acid supplementation on plasma sicam-1 in elderly men. in this study, 36 male non-athletes (aged between 50 and 70) were selected through available method and randomly divided into 4 groups (9 subjects per group): aerobic training+omega-3 supplement, aerobic training+placebo, omega-3 suppleme...