Background: Diabetes has the most important role in development of tissue damage, and by affecting intercellular matrices, may lead to structural and functional changes that ultimately cause failure of related tissue or organ. Exercise and herbal medicine can be effective in reducing organ failure. This study aims to assess the effect of aerobic training combined with consumption of portulaca o...

the purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of task repetition on accuracy of iranian efl learners ’speaking ability. in order to achieve this purpose, a null hypothesis was developed: there is no statistically significant difference between accuracy speaking ability in iranian efl learners by use of task repetition. ; of course i should mention that, beside this null hypothesis, an...

Background and Purpose: Myonectin is one of the well-known myokines and similar to insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) involves in cellular signaling pathways. The aim of this study was to survey the effect of resistance training length on serum levels of myonectin and IGF-1 and their relationship in sedentary young men. Method: Fourteen volunteer non-physical education students (age 26.50±0.9...

Background: Obesity is associated with systemic inflammation and related with cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes mellitus. In present study, we aimed to assess the influence of aerobic training on pro-inflammatory cytokines IL-1B and in obese women. Methods: To achieve this outcome, thirty sedentary obese women (30 ≤ BMI ≤ 36) aged 30 – 40 years of old were randomly assigned to the ex...

Introduction: Being obese and overweight lead to decreased plasma levels of such appetitive hormones as ghrelin and Obestatin. A limited number of studies have been conducted on the effects of exercise on ghrelin and obestatin, especially on humans. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the effect of 6-month Pilates exercises on plasma levels of ghrelin and Obestatin in obese old men. Methods: ...