OBJECTIVE To compare the Body mass index, airway Obstruction, Dyspnea, and E xercise capacity (BODE) index scores and its individual components between COPD patients with and without severe physical inactivity, as well as to correlate the number of steps/day with scores of physical activity questionnaires, age, and the BODE index (including its components). METHODS We included 30 patients, wh...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether weight loss in women with morbid obesity subjected to bariatric surgery alters lung function, respiratory muscle strength, functional capacity and the level of habitual physical activity and to investigate the relationship between these variables and changes in both body composition and anthropometrics. METHODS Twenty-four women with morbid obesity were evaluate...

BACKGROUND In recent years, research has called for an increased emphasis on clinical outcomes that are meaningful to patients with binge eating disorder (BED). This cross-sectional study examined the Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) and its relation to clinical and demographic factors in BED patients. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Thirty-two patients (28 women and 4 men) with BED (age = 41.1 ± ...

OBJECTIVE The objective of the present study was to investigate the prevalences of overweight and obesity and their association with physical activity pattern among adolescents in northern Iran. DESIGN A cross-sectional study. SETTING Babol, northern Iran. SUBJECTS A representative sample of 1200 adolescents aged 12-17 years was recruited. All selected adolescents were interviewed, their ...

BACKGROUND Due to the large mortality from inactivity-related non-communicable diseases in low- and middle- income countries, accurate assessment of physical activity is important for surveillance, monitoring and understanding of physical (in)activity epidemiology in many of these countries. Research on relative performance of self-report physical activity instruments commonly used for epidemio...

Cross-sectional data suggest that leisure-time physical activity may increase during retirement. Prospective population-based studies are necessary to characterize leisure activity patterns through retirement among the same persons to verify this observation. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to describe the influence of retirement on leisure activity using data from Atherosclerosis Risk...

abstract background: self-regulation is one of the current psychological concepts that have been known as a determinant of leisure time physical activity. due to cultural and social diversity in different societies and age groups, application of specific questionnaires is essential to perform investigations about physical activities. the aim of this study is development and evaluation of psycho...

purpose to translate long form, interview-administered international physical activity questionnaire (ipaq) from english to persian and evaluate its validity, reliability and reproducibility. methods a forward-backward translation procedure was followed to develop the persian version of the ipaq. a total of 218 respondents (53.7% women, aged 22–76 yr) completed the persian version in tehran, ir...

BACKGROUND Muscle atrophy and prolonged inactivity are associated with an increased sensation of fatigue and reduced functional capacity in the postoperative period in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting. Cardiac rehabilitation after hospital discharge is highly recommended and contributes to improvement in functional capacity and quality of life. However, few studies have evalu...