BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES The objectives were to investigate the effect of a 12-wk intervention with behavioral modification on clinical characteristics and dietary intakes of young and otherwise healthy obese and to identify factors for successful weight loss. The goal was to lose 0.5 kg per week by reducing 300-500 kcal/day and by increasing physical activities. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Forty four ...

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects vocabulary intervention based on morphological awareness ability elementary school students with reading disabilities. Methods: A multiple baseline probe design across participants used verify intervention. subjects were three disabilities (two 3rd graders and one 4th grader). Vocabulary tests at word level sentence/paragraph ...

I. INTRODUCTION In recent years, there has been a verifiable increase in the use of virtual reality (VR) simulation technology for clinical purposes. Although results are varied, studies have shown evidence that the use of VR in surgical training results in improvement in practicing surgical skills. Unfortunately, such simulators are expensive and thus are not targeted for use by student popula...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects a seven-week nutrition education intervention on sports knowledge (SNK) highly trained UK adolescent swimmers. Fifteen national and international swimmers (males = 5; females 10, 15.5 ± 1.1 years, 170.2 7.5 cm, 60.3 5.7 kg) participated in during seven consecutive weeks competitive swimming season. participants received 30 min once per week clas...

BACKGROUND Photobiomodulation using low-level laser therapy (LLLT) has been tested as a new technique to optimize recovery of patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI). The aim of this study is to evaluate inhibitory attentional control after 18 sessions of active LLLT and compare with the placebo group (sham LLLT). Our exploratory analysis will evaluate the efficacy of the active LLLT on verb...

Background: Drug craving is a strong and resistant yearn to consume drugs, which, if not met, would be followed by psychological and physical suffering such as fatigue, anxiety, aggression, and depression. This study determined the effectiveness of mindfulness training and dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) on drug craving and emotional self-regulation in addicted clients. Methods: It was a qu...

the aim of this research was to study the effect of eight weeks of selected aerobic exercises on depression and serum serotonin concentration in depressed female university students aged between 18 and 25 in aligudarz city. for this purpose, using beck depression questionnaire, 20 female students with moderate depression were selected in two groups (experimental n = 10 and control n=10). to eva...

background: strengthening exercises are not favored in the rehabilitation of patients after coronary artery bypass grafts (cabg) for concerns over potential adverse effects. however, patients often present with weakened skeletal muscles post cabg due to disuse. methods: we studied the effects of aerobic and strengthening exercises on the serum c-reactive protein (crp) levels and blood pressure ...

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...

BACKGROUND Extracurricular programmes could provide a mechanism to increase the physical activity (PA) of primary-school-aged children. The aim of this feasibility study was to examine whether the Action 3:30 intervention, which is delivered by teaching assistants, holds promise as a means of increasing the PA of Year 5 and 6 children. METHODS A cluster randomised feasibility trial was conduc...