The aims of this study were: 1) To determine the effects of a 12-week recreational soccer training programme and continuous endurance running on body composition of young adult men and 2) to determine which of these two programmes was more effective concerning body composition. Sixty-four participants completed the randomized controlled trial and were randomly assigned to one of three groups: a...

OBJECTIVE To determine the reach and adoption of a coach-led exercise training programme for lower limb injury prevention. DESIGN Secondary analysis of data from a group-clustered randomised controlled trial. SETTING A periodised exercise training warm-up programme was delivered to players during training sessions over an 8-week preseason (weeks 1-8) and 18-week playing season. PARTICIPAN...

BACKGROUND Spinal cord injury (SCI) results in significant loss of function below the level of injury, often leading to restricted participation in community exercise programs. To overcome commonly experienced barriers to these programs, innovations in technology hold promise for remotely delivering safe and effective bouts of exercise in the home. OBJECTIVE To test the feasibility of a remot...

The increase in the number of basal cell carcinoma (BCC) lesions has prompted use minimally invasive therapies, including Photodynamic therapy (PDT). . objective present work was to analyze efficacy methyl aminolevulinate-mediated photodynamic (MAL-PDT) patients suffering from superficial or nodular BCCs. A total 220 BCC (76 and 144 nodular), clinically diagnosed confirmed by histopathology ana...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The determination of cerebral blood flow heterogeneity (FH) by dynamic susceptibility contrast (DSC) magnetic resonance imaging has recently been proposed as a tool to predict final infarct size in acute stroke. In this study, we describe the evolution of FH during the first week as well as its correlation to the patients' clinical status. METHODS Ten patients with isch...

BACKGROUND Uncompensated vestibular hypofunction results in postural instability, visual blurring with head movement, and subjective complaints of dizziness and/or imbalance. We sought to answer the question, "Is vestibular exercise effective at enhancing recovery of function in people with peripheral (unilateral or bilateral) vestibular hypofunction?" METHODS A systematic review of the liter...

Sedentary, overweight women aged 60-70 years were assigned either to a 16-week health education group (n = 70) in which they were instructed to exercise aerobically on their own three times per week or to a 16-week exercise group (n = 76) that consisted of three supervised aerobic sessions per week. Regression analyses performed at post-test and at 3-, 6-, and 18-months follow-up revealed that ...

Creatine monohydrate supplementation in females is largely under-represented the literature, and their potentially differential hemodynamic responses are unknown. Methods: Twenty-eight resistance-trained women (25.5 ± 6.1 years, 59.7 6.3 kg, 163 5 cm) were randomly assigned to supplement creatine (CRE; g + dextrose) or placebo (PLA; 10 four times per day for 7 days a double-blind fashion. Each ...