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...

Recent studies identified the presence of a male polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), which mainly affects men whose female relatives are afflicted with PCOS, caused by genes responsible for the susceptibility of this syndrome in women. Similar hormonal, metabolic, and clinical alterations occurring in PCOS women have also been reported in their male relatives, suggesting a association between t...

OBJECTIVES Prolonged occupational work such as farm work has been reported to adversely affect mobility in elderly women. The purpose of this study was to investigate possible relationships between prolonged occupational work and 6-year changes in postural sway in elderly women. METHODS Subjects were 392 women aged ≥ 69 years who participated in a 6-year follow-up examination of the Muramatsu...

There are errors in the third sentence of the Results section of the Abstract. The correct sentence is: The average physical activity (in metabolic equivalents [METS]/week) of the FFs was 3953±2688, whereas those of the POs was 2838±2872 (vs. FFs: -985, CI: -1941-30, p = 0.043) and of the SCs 2212±2293 (vs. FFs: -1598.8, CI: -2477-721, p = 0.000; vs. POs: -613.6, CI: -1617.4–390.3, p = 0.229), ...

OBJECTIVES Physical activity may be constrained or facilitated by local environments. The availability of neighborhood facilities for physical activity may be particularly relevant for youth, who are unable to drive and whose activity is often limited to the immediate distance they are able to walk or bicycle. Several studies have shown that proximity to recreational facilities and parks is one...