background: brief family interventions may have a positive impact on family caregivers of mental disorders. this study aimed to evaluate the effect of family psycho-education on depression, anxiety and stress in family caregivers of patients with mental disorders. methods: this randomized controlled trial designed and evaluated the effectiveness of a group psycho-educational program on 100 care...

In 1991-1992, a pelvic stress fracture incidence of 11.2% was recorded in a cohort of 143 female Australian Army recruits. An incidence of 0.1% was recorded in a cohort of male recruits trained in the 1992-1993 year using a nearly identical program. A number of preventive strategies were instituted in an attempt to reduce the high incidence of injury in female recruits. Route march speed was re...

Repeated epochs of breath-holding were superimposed to the regular training cycling program of triathletes to reproduce the adaptative responses to hypoxia, already described in elite breath-hold divers [Respir. Physiol. Neurobiol. 133 (2002) 121]. Before and after a 3-month breath-hold training program, we tested the response to static apnea and to a 1-min dynamic forearm exercise executed dur...

I n designing any training program, it must be remembered that athletes can achieve optimal performance only when they are able to “optimally balance training stress and subsequent recovery” (13). Unfortunately, despite the importance of optimal recovery within any training program, recovery is often inadequately addressed. Time devoted to planning the training is often far disproportionate to ...

OBJECTIVE There is conflicting evidence regarding the utility of stress management training in the treatment of diabetes. The few studies that have shown a therapeutic effect of stress management have used time-intensive individual therapy. Unfortunately, widespread use of such interventions is not practical. The aim of the present investigation is to determine whether a cost-effective, group-b...

Annually, many women become pregnant worldwide; however, pregnancy and childbirth is not a pleasant event for all them. In fact, more than 90% of maternal anxiety could be related to the delivery process. It should be noted that delivery is also a stressful event that sometimes, due to different reasons and in order to avoid its potential hazards which could threaten the lives of mother and bab...