The purpose of the present study was to find out efficacy Suryanamaskar on depression and trunk flexibility among older men. For this purpose, thirty men residing at Anbagam Old Age Home, Chidambaram, Cuddalore District, Tamilnadu, were selected as subjects. age subjects ranged from 50 60 years. They classified into two groups equally. Both consisted fifteen subjects, in which group - I underwe...

The purpose of the study is to investigate changes inspiratory reserve volume due mantra yoga and hatha practices among middle aged men. To achieve this study, was restricted 30 men only. subject were taken, from in around Annamalai University, Nagar, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, India their age ranged between 45 years subjects divided into two groups namely combination group, control group confine...

background: diabetic men have been claimed to have lower serum free testosterone (ft) concentrations than non-diabetic men. the aim of this study was to investigate if serum ft, luteinizing hormone (lh), and follicle stimulating hormone (fsh) concentrations are different in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus compared with healthy men and to identify factors associated with low serum testost...

OBJECTIVES It has previously been shown that patients with active JDM have decreased aerobic fitness; however, it is not known whether these patients regain their physical fitness after recovery. The objective of this study was to investigate the long-term outcome of aerobic fitness in patients with JDM. We hypothesized that fitness (VO(2max)) is reduced compared with healthy controls in the ye...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Nimodipine, a calcium antagonist, has been reported to have beneficial effects in acute ischemic infarction. Some calcium channel antagonists have antiplatelet effects. We investigated the effect of oral nimodipine on platelet function in healthy volunteers. METHODS Twelve healthy volunteers (6 men and 6 women, mean age 32.9 +/- 5.6 years) took 30 mg nimodipine every 6 ...