objectives: the purpose of current semi-experimental study was a survey on effect abstract  of 16 week walking on psychosocial functioning related to quality of life among 60 to 75 years old men. methods & materials: for this reason, short form of health-related quality of life questionnaire (sf-36) and geriatric depression scale (gds) had been distributed to the subjects at 2 times of pre-test...

2. Course format and dates The course is given in five days over a week period, intensive format, followed by a further three weeks follow up sessions of five hours per week to be organized by using videoconference tools, such as Skype or others. The student assessment is organized into two tests: 1) solutions of assigned drill problems; 2) three hours examination. During the intensive five-day...

2. Course format and dates The course is given in five days over a week period, intensive format, followed by a further three weeks follow up sessions of five hours per week to be organized by using videoconference tools, such as Skype or others. The student assessment is organized into two tests: 1) solutions of assigned drill problems; 2) three hours examination. During the intensive five-day...

this study examined the effect of general and specific practice on the presence of a special skill. 24 healthy university students with no history of basketball were selected. after a pretest, they performed constant and variable practice (in constant and variable groups) for 5 weeks and 3 sessions per week. a performance test was conducted at the end of every week and retention and transfer te...

the present study intended to compare two types of aerobic training on serum levels of resistin and insulin resistance in type-2 diabetic women. 24 middle-aged type-2 diabetic women (mean age 41.8±3.45 yr, weight 76.8±3.61 kg, bmi 31.1±1.02 kg/m2, body fat percentage 41.6±1.38 and whr 0.94±0.05) were purposively selected and then randomly assigned to three groups: highly-intensity interval trai...

Sir, Weiss et al. [1] have reported that once weekly erythropoietin b is as effective as more frequent dosing intervals in haemodialysis (HD) patients receiving treatment for the anaemia of end-stage renal failure. In view of their findings we switched all of our stable HD patients to once a week erythropoietin (EPO) providing that they were receiving less than 10 000 U subcutaneouslyuweek. A t...

The authors examined the potential association between changes in the number of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) sessions per week, adiposity, and systolic blood pressure (SBP) during adolescence. SBP and anthropometric factors were assessed biannually (1999/2000, 2002, and 2004) in a cohort of 1,293 Canadian adolescents aged 12-13 years in 1999. Self-reported 7-day recall data on ...