OBJECTIVES Physical fitness is related to all-cause mortality, quality of life and risk of falls in patients with type 2 diabetes. This study aimed to analyse the impact of a long-term community-based combined exercise program (aerobic+resistance+agility/balance+flexibility) developed with minimum and low-cost material resources on physical fitness in middle-aged and older patients with type 2 ...

OBJECTIVE This study examined the associations of body flexibility with carotid arterial remodelling, including intima-media thickness (IMT) and plaque formation in middle-aged men. METHODS The subjects of this cross-sectional study included 1354 Japanese men aged 35-59 years without histories of stroke or cardiac diseases. The arm extensibility test, which can estimate flexibility of the upp...

The purpose of this case series was to test the effectiveness of an active warm-up for recreational golfers using a whole-body vibration (WBV) platform. The variables that the warm-up tested for were increased flexibility, power, and golf performance. Ten adult men (age: 45 ± 15 yr) volunteered to perform their personal warm-up and record 7 of their golf swings. They then participated in an act...

This study aimed to compare the effect of different static stretching durations followed by dynamic stretching on repeated sprint ability (RSA) and change of direction (COD). Twenty-five participants performed the RSA and COD tests in a randomized order. After a 5 min aerobic warm up, participants performed one of the three static stretching protocols of 30 s, 60 s or 90 s total duration (3 str...

The aim of the study was to define relationship between flexibility, explosive strength and speed of running. Fifty-six young (aged 15-19) czech soccer players participated this research. Data about flexibility (sit and reach test – HF), explosive strength (countermovement vertical jump – VJ) and speed of running (10 meters sprint – 10m) were collected. For analyse the data software Statistica ...

Background: ‪‪The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between Sit-and-Reach (SR) test and height, leg length, trunk length male female adolescent athletes, obtain relative SR results using these anthropometric values. Material methods: ‪‪Fifty-six athletes were included in study. The athletes’ trunk, hip, hamstring flexibility evaluated with (traditional). height-relative SR, l...

This study investigated the relationship between leisure-time physical activity and physical fitness (cardiovascular fitness, body fat percentage, flexibility, muscle strength, and endurance) of 10th-grade male students in Oman. Data were collected from 330 students. All participants completed a descriptive questionnaire, a 1 mile walk/run test; a skinfold analysis of the chest, abdomen, and th...

the aim of this research was to examine the effect of a training interventionprogram on fall-related motor performance in the male elderly with no regularphysical activities. for this purpose, 39 out of 130 participants in screen test wereselected and assigned to training group (n=20) and control group (n=19). subjectsaged between 60 and 70 in experimental were 73.68% and in the control group43...

[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors affecting the coefficient of variation (CV) of stride time in an exercise intervention for the elderly without falling history. [Subjects and Methods] The subjects were 42 elderly women who had participated in a care prevention program for 12 weeks. Stride time CV, motor function, movement ability, balance, Modified Falls Effica...