BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the effect of fenugreek seed extract in combination with swimming exercise compared to glibenclamide consumption on type 2 diabetic rats. DESIGN The acute toxicity test was carried out to choose the safe doses and identify the toxicity effects of the fenugreek seed extract. To investigate the hypoglycemic effect of the extr...

Objective: To analyze the proportion of dedication in each triathlon discipline (swimming, cycling, and running) importance separate to predict overall performance elite triathletes across different distances. Methods: Data from 2015 2020 ( n = 16,667) official races athletes Sprint, Olympic distance, IM 70.3 (Half-Ironman distance), 140.6 (Full-Ironman distance) competitions were included. The...

The 5 -AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) is a multisubstrate serine/threonine protein kinase that is ubiquitously expressed and functions as an intracellular fuel sensor activated by depletion of high energy phosphate compounds. The α2 isoform is by far the most abundant in skeletal muscle, representing at least 66% of total AMPK activity. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect...

The sex difference in marathon performance increases with finishing place and age of the runner but whether this occurs among swimmers is unknown. The purpose was to compare sex differences in swimming velocity across world record place (1st-10th), age group (25-89 years), and event distance. We also compared sex differences between freestyle swimming and marathon running. The world's top 10 sw...

purpose to investigate the effects of a 10-week water aerobic exercise on the resting blood pressure in patients with stage 1 or 2 hypertension referring to tehran university clinics. methods forty men with stage 1 or 2 essential hypertension were assigned to two groups of intervention [n = 12; aged 48.33±10.74 years (mean±sd)] and control [n = 28; aged 46.96±11.58 years (mean±sd)]. subjects in...

With explosive development in Chinese economy and science and technology, people's pursuit of health becomes more and more intense, therefore Chinese resident sports fitness activities have been rapidly developed. However, different fitness events popularity degrees and effects on body energy consumption are different, so bases on this, the paper researches on fitness behaviors and gets Chinese...

background: heavy exercise cause muscle damage associated with production of inflammatory agents. the purpose of present study was to determine the effect of acute and 14-day coenzyme q10 supplementation on inflammatory, blood lactate and muscle damage in male middle-distance runners.   methods : eighteen male middle-distance runners in a randomized and quasi experimental study were allocated i...

introduction: nowadays opioids are gaining acceptance for the management of moderate to severe and chronic pain. in addition, a number of studies have shown that plasma levels of β-endorphin (βep) in exercise trained are higher than sedentary rats. in our study we assume that exercise training can reduce pain after withdrawal syndrome in morphine-dependent rats. methods: male wistar rats (250±2...